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Stone Butch Blues

by Leslie Feinberg

20th anniversary author ed. Self-published. 2014. 366p. Free download at lesliefeinberg.net.

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Originally published in 1993, this is the hugely influential story of Jess Goldberg, a butch, working-class lesbian living in Buffalo during the pre-Stonewall era. Jess decides to transition to male but is ambivalent about losing connection to the lesbian community. Before her 2014 death, Feinberg announced her intention to allow the print version of Stone Butch Blues to go permanently out of print while keeping the work available as a free PDF download.

Reviewed by K.R. Roberto , Jun 01, 2016

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