Feinberg explains: "I was born in Kansas City, Missouri-not Buffalo, N.Y.-into a blue-collar, factory-working family." Feinberg prefers the gender-neutral pronouns "hir" and "ze", as well as s/he.įeinberg's partner is the prominent lesbian poet-activist Minnie Bruce Pratt.įeinberg has been battling the effects of Lyme Disease, Babesiosis, Bartonella and other co-infections caught from a tick bite in the 1970s.įeinberg has carried legal documents for 40 years that state clearly who is, and is not, part of Feinberg's family. Leslie Feinberg is a secular Jew, and was assigned female at birth. Feinberg's first novel Stone Butch Blues is widely considered a groundbreaking work about gender. September 1, 1949, in Kansas City, Missouri) is a transgender lesbian and communist activist, speaker, and author. She winds up at a lesbian bar, claiming to be 21 so that they will serve her a drink.Leslie Feinberg (b.