STONE BUTCH BLUES - Signed by Leslie Feinberg by Leslie Feinberg - 1993: Winner of the 1994 Stonewall Book Award

SIGNED FIRST EDITION

Stone Butch Blues

by Leslie Feinberg

Signed on the title page in blue ballpoint; Name only, no inscription.

This was Leslie Feinberg's first novel, published in 1993. Although many events mirror her own experiences it is not autobiographical, per se.

"... considered to be the finest account ever written of the complexities of a transgendered existence. Woman or man?
Growing up differently gendered in a blue--collar town in the 1950s, coming out as a butch in the bars and factories of the prefeminist 60s, deciding to pass as a man in order to survive when she is left without work or a community in the early 70s.
This powerful, provocative and deeply moving novel sees Jess coming full circle, she learns to accept the complexities of being a transgendered person in a world demanding simple explanations: a he-she emerging whole, weathering the turbulence." Winner of the 1994 Stonewall Book Award
From "The Guardian" list of important trans books.
2. "Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg (1993)
One of the first novels to seriously explore the gender identity of its protagonist, and written by the author of Trans Liberation and Transgender Warriors, Feinberg's book follows "stone butch" Jess Goldberg through small-town America, bars and factories, dealing with sexual violence, discrimination from the police and the medical establishment, before eventually deciding to stay safe and live as a man. It's a moving insight into the difficulties of trans-masculine existence, made all the more powerful for its incorporation of Feinberg's own experiences."