It’s so much harder to read, read about, and teach Stone Butch Blues than it used to be.
I still miss Leslie Feinberg being in the world, such a spirit of fight and determination and work and brains. Working class hero and writer that you were, Leslie, and I will always miss your presence in my world.
But I will say: it is so nice, too, to spend the time with hir words. At least that.
We watched this talk, in which all of their wisdom & warmth is apparent:
“If the weatherman said it’s going to be hot and hot and hot and then it’s going to be cold I would have had no idea how to dress.”