Stone Butch Blues

Paperback, 320 pages

English language

Published April 26, 2004 by Alyson Publications.

ISBN:
978-1-55583-853-9
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5 stars (3 reviews)

Stone Butch Blues is a historical fiction novel written by Leslie Feinberg about life as a butch lesbian in 1970s America. While fictional, the work also takes inspiration from Feinberg's own life, and she describes it as her "call to action."

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love, community, and the terrors of queer hatred

5 stars

i knew long before i read this that it would be important to me.

from a historical perspective, it shines a light on the realities of being a lesbian in the 60s and 70s. of being transmasculine and searching for terminology and self-understanding in a culture that didn't even marginally recognize gender outside the binary. or sexuality outside the hetero. it shines a light on surviving abusive parents. on finding community without the internet. of navigating complex queer subcultures. and hatred in its many forms, up to and including bar raids, arrests, and unspeakable abuses by cops.

it also illuminates and speaks to the beauty of love and friendship and comradeship within those queer communities. the intricacies in how butches and femmes and transfemmes interacted. i was able to see myself in the warmth and emotionality and fierce bravery in the face of fear and violence expressed by the femmes …

Solid novel, must read for every queer leftist

5 stars

Content warning I mention the general tone of the ending

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Subjects

  • Popular American Fiction
  • Fiction
  • Fiction - General
  • Lesbian
  • Fiction / General
  • Gender Studies