[image description: a photo of Leslie Feinberg, and beneath it is hir quotation “Gender is the poetry each of us makes out of the language we are taught.”]

gaywrites:

In loving memory of Leslie Feinberg, the revolutionary author of Stone Butch Blues and a pioneer for transgender liberation, racial and economic justice, gender-neutral and nonbinary language and representation, and a host of other issues of social justice. Feinberg died Saturday at age 65 from complications of multiple illnesses. Hir last words were: “Remember me as a revolutionary communist.” And that should tell you everything you need to know. Ze will be missed greatly. Rest in power.