It doesn’t matter if you know it’s coming – the death of someone you admire is never, ever expected.
I can’t begin to say how much I admired Feinberg. One of the best things to have happen to me, like ever, was having Feinberg tell me they liked my work. That’s the kind of thing that still sustains me, to this day.
Oh, to all of you trans elders and butches and femmes who loved Leslie as a friend or lover, my heart goes to you, and especially to Minnie Bruce Pratt.
I’m pretty sure ze didn’t believe in heaven, but everything ze ever did here on earth made this place a little more in its image.
What a remarkable, heartfelt, compassionate, dedicated, consistent life of activism, writing, and speaking.
We will miss you more than anyone can say or anyone even realizes.
I read Leslie’s book ‘Transgender Warrior’ in the early years of my transgender transition. It was a life changing book which helped me understand what was happening inside of me. It educated me on the long and wonderful of transgender and gender variant men and women. Leslie novel ‘Stone Butch Blues’ is one of the best novels I’ve read. Thank you Leslie for enriching the lives of me ad many others.
RIP, Leslie
She was a force of nature as a human being, but also an amazingly elegant writer. She is an ancestor, like Sylvia Rivera, who will light our path for years to come.