Published in 1993, this brave, original novel is considered to be the finest account ever written of the complexities of a transgendered existence.
Woman or man? That"s the question that rages like a storm around Jess Goldberg, clouding her life and her identity. Growing up differently gendered in a blue-collar town in the 1950"s, 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.
Leslie Feinberg is also the author of "Trans Liberation, Trans Gender Warriors" and "Transgender Liberation", and is a noted activist and speaker on transgender issues. Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге Stone Butch Blues (Leslie Feinberg)