The photo is a 1974 photo of Leslie Feinberg, from the FBI file on hir. I've written a piece on my interpretation of Transgender Warriors and Trans Liberation, but I don't think it's quite polished enough, so I'll post it later. Instead, I'll go over hir FBI file: https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/dc-metro/rg-065/6282555/Batch0010/6282555_100-HQ-480756.PDF.
The FBI thought Feinberg could be violating the Communist Control Act, advocating the overthrow of the government, and engaging in rebellion. Needless to say, a hero to all of us. Feinberg was a member of the Workers World Party (the party still exists, but more notably PSL split from it), which apparently wasn't openly advocating for the overthrow of the U.S, they just think it's inevitable.
My favorite line? "captioned subject is believed to be a white female, who became male through some kind of sex change operation, and is possibly homosexual". Some interesting language choice, and it's an interesting snapshot into the evolution of Leslie's identity.
The FBI found Leslie's place of birth and birthdate from public school records. It's a bit of an interesting look into all of the many places the FBI can get their information, along with how information like that was so much more patchwork before the digital age.
"Interview of subject is not being recommended because of the questionable nature of his sexuality". Hmm, interesting.
It's interesting how their investigation spanned multiple cities, from Kansas City to NYC to Bufffalo to Boston. It probably involved quite a few officers, though I'm sure it wasn't the main focus for all of them.
There's some interesting mention about changes in Leslie's gender identity. Born a girl, for a time wearing a beard and mustache, then going back to "she". I'm sure we all know, Feinberg's gender didn't stop evolving there.
"Subject reportedly contributes all extra money to WWP", Leslie definitely was dedicated to the cause. Leslie doesn't attend NYC WWP meetings, but the FBI doesn't mention why.
The FBI isn't immune to typoes, Leslie did some "criminal terspass" that garnered some attention.They wasted some time checking if Leslie was in Boston, but verified where Leslie in NYC lived by pretending to be a part of the Voter Registration Commission.
There's a whole 43 pages of documents, all just from 1974-75. There's plenty of interesting tidbits in there, so maybe check it out.
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Me: "Some days I wonder what life would have been like to have just simply been born a pretty cis girl. No special ed room, no fighting, no trauma, no transition, just having the body you were born to be comfortable with. Imagine how much nicer growing up would have been instead"
Class of '09: "You sure about that, girl? It would have looked like this: "
Me:
Yeah I mean, does "pretty cis girl" also make you neurotypical and save you from all trauma? /gen
Would save me from my current trauma but would give me an entirely new, different set of trauma instead. Which I think is at least fair to wonder what different trauma would be like. Gotta change it up, keep it fresh
I don’t even care about the difficulties that would’ve came with it, I would grow up as a cisgirl every day of the week instead of being AMAB.
Also, I never would’ve guessed you were only two years younger than me.
In truth, I don't believe I was born in the wrong body, though I agree that I would absolutely take the whole "cis girl experience" package if I could, and I frequently wonder about the "what if" of something else
But uhhh, class of '09 is a visual novel, not when I graduated
Ahh. I had forgotten about it. Never played it. Kinda looked over it on Steam for one reason or another. I was wondering why you said it like that. I’m just airheaded sometimes, what can I say?
That’s a very fair point of view to take. Probably makes a few things easier to deal with so I envy you a bit. I do believe I was born in the wrong body. I’d take the cis experience every day of the week. I want to know what it would’ve been like to grow up properly. What it would be like to experience menstruation. Pregnancy. Childbirth. The whole nine yards. I’ll never be able to experience the aforementioned thing simply because I wasn’t born in the right body. I just have to come to terms with it.
bimbo estrogen strikes again 😔
Lmao goddammit. My best friend calls it dumb bitch juice and I sincerely gulp the shit out of it.
I've been repeatedly having dumb bitch moments since starting HRT and so now it's a running joke that the pharmacy gave me the bimbo estrogen lol
There's no fucking way i could've grown up in this misogynist shitfest of a society as a cis girl without massive trauma. Especially not if i would've been the same girl i am now.