“Remember me as a revolutionary communist.”

This week on Dot Femme, Dany Gonzalez and Claire Michelle head to 1970s New York City, rain-soaked streets and all, to explore the life and legacy of Leslie Feinberg — pioneering theorist, trans historian, and radical working-class voice in the queer liberation movement.

From factory floors to underground gay bars, from Marxist organizing to gender theory that reshaped modern academia, Feinberg lived at the intersection of identity, labor, and revolution. We trace hir journey from teenage dishwashing jobs and gendered survival in a hostile economy to the groundbreaking success of Stone Butch Blues, and hir fierce commitment to justice that never wavered — not even in the face of chronic illness and state erasure.

In Part II, we dig into Feinberg’s gender philosophy, including hir views on the ancient roots of transgender identity, the materialist history of oppression, and the revolutionary potential of trans solidarity. From Joan of Arc to matrilineal priestesses, from biblical backlash to the structural invention of patriarchy — we unpack how gender was weaponized, and why the trans struggle is inseparable from class struggle.

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