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Transgender Activist Leslie Feinberg, Author of “Stone Butch Blues,” Dies at 65

HeadlineNov 18, 2014

The pioneering transgender activist Leslie Feinberg, author of the groundbreaking novel “Stone Butch Blues,” has died at the age of 65. According to an obituary by her partner and spouse, Minnie Bruce Pratt, Feinberg died at home in Syracuse, New York, after a decades-long battle with tick-borne infections, including Lyme disease. Her last words were: “Remember me as a revolutionary communist.”

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