Curriculum Vitae

Leslie Feinberg 770 James St. Syracuse, NY 13203

Email: [email protected] Web: www.transgenderwarrior.org

TOPICS OF SPECIALIZATION: History of ; Gender and the Novel; 19th and 20th Century Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Movements; 19th and 20th Century Feminist Movements; Class Struggle and Coalition Building; Cross-Cultural Sex, Gender and Sexuality Issues; Anti-Imperialist, Anti-Racist Organizing and Queer Communities

AWARDS AND HONORS

2004 Addressed N.J. Mountain Meadow Summer Campers in the “Feinberg Fire Circle” 2004 Transgender Warriors selected for “100 Best Lesbian and Gay Nonfiction Books” 2000 “Leslie Feinberg Room” established in The Women’s Building, San Francisco 2000 Commencement Keynote, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH 1998 Village Voice 25 Best Books, Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink or Blue 1997 Firecracker Alternative Book Award for Non-Fiction for Transgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to RuPaul 1996 Outstanding Community Service, Hero’s Journey Conference 1995 Commencement Keynote, Bradford College, MA 1995 Trinity Award, International Foundation for Gender Education 1994 American Library Association Award for Gay and , for Stone Butch Blues 1994 Lambda Small Press Literary Award for Stone Butch Blues

PUBLICATIONS BOOKS

2009 Rainbow Solidarity: In Defense of Cuba (World View Forum) 2006 Drag King Dreams (Carroll & Graf) 2003 Stone Butch Blues (Alyson Books) 2000 Stone Butch Blues: Triangle Classic Edition (Quality Paperback Book Club) 1998 Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink or Blue (Beacon Press) 1997 Transgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman (paperback, Beacon) Book translated into Czech; chapters translated into Chinese, Japanese 1996 Transgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to RuPaul (Beacon Press) Translated into Czech; chapters translated into Chinese and Japanese 1993 Stone Butch Blues (Firebrand Books) Translated into Chinese, German, Italian, Dutch, Slovenian and Hebrew

SELECTED ESSAYS and FICTION INCLUDED IN ANTHOLOGIES

“Trans health crisis: For us it’s life or death,” American Journal of Public Health, June 2001; 91: 897-900.

“One Day at the Mace Factory,” Women on Women 3: A New Anthology of American Lesbian Fiction (Plume Books)

“We Are All Works In Progress,” This Is What a Lesbian Looks Like: Activists Take On the 21st Century (Firebrand Books)

“The Best American Erotica 1994” (Touchstone Books)

SELECTED KEYNOTE SPEECHES AND INVITED ADDRESSES:

CONFERENCES

2005 Simon Frasier University, 30th anniversary of Women’s Studies keynote 2005 New Jersey librarian staff sensitivity training 2005 Edmonton, Canada: Trans Awareness Week keynote 2005 Earlham College Convocation speaker 2005 Boston Youth Pride 2005 Maine Youth Summit 2005 Interlibrary Diversity Initiative Seminar keynote, Ocean County Library, NJ 2005 Panelist, 30th Anniversary “The Scholar & the Feminist” Conference, Barnard College-Columbia University, NY 2005 Trans Awareness Week, Edmonton, Alberta 2005 Translating Identity Conference, University of Vermont 2004 New Jersey Library Association annual conference 2004 Keynote, “Intersections: Explorations of Race, Gender, and Sexuality,” University of Albany, NY 2004 Keynote, 5th International Conference on the Politics of Gender/Sexuality, Center for the Study of Sexualities of the National Central University, Chungli, Taiwan 2004 Rainbow Commencement Banquet, Syracuse University 2004 March on the Democratic National Convention Rally 2004 Socialist Scholars Conference, City 2004 LGBT Media Press Summit of National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association annual convention, Brooklyn, N.Y. 2004 SAGE Conference on Aging in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Communities, 2004 Third Annual Trans-health Conference, Philadelphia, PA 2004 Albuquerque Wiminfest 2003 Trans Unity, Los Angeles 2003 National Queer Arts Festival 2003 Ladyfest Out West 2003 Distinguished Lecture Series, University of Wisconsin-- Madison 2002 October 26 Anti-war Rally of 200,000 in Washington, D.C. 2002 Address at University of Minnesota medical school— students and faculty 2002 “All Gender Health,” Two-Day Seminar, Minnesota, MN 2002 Al-Fatiha, International LGBTQ Muslim organization, annual retreat 2002 Annual mid-west LGBT student conference keynote 2002 Toni McNaron Lecture on Art and Culture 2002 University of Pennsylvania Women’s Health and Wellness Conference 2002 Keynote: 21st Annual Symposium, Lewis and Clark 2001 Against Patriarchy conference 2000 May 7th Rally to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal, Madison Square Garden, New York City 2000 Opening and closing keynotes at “Recognizing the Barriers: Providing Health Care to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Communities,” Niagara Falls, NY 1999 “Women and Spirituality” Conference, Mankato State University, MN 1999 Town Hall Rally to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal, New York City 1999 Colombia School of Public Health 1999 Pride At Work (Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans AFL-CIO) annual conference 1998 Southern Comfort, Atlanta, GA 1998 "Colorado Gold Rush," Gender Identity Center, Denver, CO 1998 BECAUSE Conference, Minneapolis, MN 1998 Gay and Lesbian Medical Association (GLAMA), Boston, MA 1997 7th Annual Queer Graduate Studies Conference 1997 Lesbian Physician’s Conference, Northampton, MA 1997 Second Transgender Health Conference, Department of Public Health, Boston 1997 Texas "T" Party, Dallas, TX 1997 True Spirit Conference, Laurel, MD 1997 CUNY Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS) Annual Conference, New York City 1996 First Transgender Health Conference, Massachusetts Department of Health, Boston 1995 National Women’s Studies Association Conference Keynote, Norman, OK 1994 National Women’s Music Festival, Bloomington, IN 1994 Third International Conference on Transgender Law and Employment Policy, Houston, TX 1994 Transgender Education Association, Washington, DC 1994 “The Forgotten Stonewall: Remembering the Transgender Rebellion,” New York City 1994 American Association of Physicians for Human Rights Annual Conference (AAPHRA), New York City

PRIDE RALLIES

2005 DC Dyke March 2004 San Diego Youth Pride Rally 2004 OutSpoken, New York 2003 Boston Dyke March 2002 Keynote, New York City Pride 2002 Keynote, Maricopa County Community College District Employee Pride Month 2001 Keynote, Northampton 2000 Grand Marshal and Keynote, Colorado Pride, Denver 1998 Grand Marshal and Keynote, Syracuse, NY 1998 Keynote, San Diego, CA 1998 Grand Marshal and Keynote, Boston, MA 1997 Keynote, New Jersey State Pride, Asbury Park, NJ 1997 Speaker, Boston, MA 1997 Speaker, Virginia State Pride, Richmond, VA 1996 Speaker, North Carolina State Pride, Winston-Salem, NC 1994 Opening Speaker, Stonewall 25, New York City 1993 Keynote, Tennessee State Pride, 1993 Keynote, Missouri State Pride COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

2005-2006 Earlham College, University of Maryland, University of Minnesota at Mankato, Northeastern University, San Diego State University, San Francisco State University, University of Vermont, Virginia Commonwealth University, Wellesley College, Westchester University, Williams College

2003-2004 University of Albany, American University, Arizona State University, Bates College, Buena Vista University, California State University at Sacramento, Colorado College, University of Connecticut, University of Delaware, Hollins University, University of Iowa, Iowa State University, Ithaca State College, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, l’Universitié McGill/ McGill University, Ohio University, Ohio State University, Oswego College, Plattsburgh State University, University of South Florida, St. Lawrence University, Syracuse University, Teikyo Post University, Wells College, Whitman College, Williams College, University of Wisconsin-Madison

1992-2002 Agnes Scott, Amherst College, Antioch College, University of Arizona, Bard College, Bates College, Beloit College, Bentley College, Bowden, Bowling Green State University, Bradley University, Brown University, University of California at San Diego, Carleton College, California State University/Fresno, Chatham College, University of Cincinnati, Colby College, University of Connecticut, Cornell, Dartmouth, Denison University, DePauw University, Drew College, Evergreen State College, University of Florida, Florida State University, George Mason University, Hamilton College, Hampshire College, Harvard University, University of Illinois/ Champagne-Urbana, University of Illinois/ Chicago, James Madison University, Johns Hopkins, University of Kansas, Lewis and Clark College, Kent State University, University of Maine, Maricopa Community Colleges, University of Massachusetts, University of Memphis, Metro State College of Denver, University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Mills College, University of Minnesota/Minneapolis, University of Minnesota/Duluth, University of Missouri, Montclair State College, University of Nebraska, University of New Hampshire, College of New Jersey, New Jersey City University, New York University, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Northwestern University, SUNY New Paltz, Oberlin College, University of Oklahoma, University of Oregon, Penn State University, University of Pennsylvania, Phoenix College, Princeton, Pullman, Reed College, University of Rochester, Rutgers University, University at Stony Brook, St. Cloud State University, Simmons College, Skidmore, Swarthmore College, University of Toledo Law School, Trinity College, Tufts University, Vassar College, University of Vermont, Virginia Commonwealth University, University of Washington, Washington State University, Wellesley College, William Patterson College, Williams College, University of Wisconsin, Yale University

INTERNATIONAL

2005 Simon Frasier University, 30th anniversary of Women’s Studies keynote, Vancouver, Canada 2005 Edmonton, Canada: Trans Awareness Week keynote 2004 Speeches and readings in Milan, Turin, Bologna, Florence, Rome, Italy 2003 Speeches and readings in Chungli, Taipei, Taiwan 1997 Speeches and readings in Berlin, Bremen, Hamburg, Kiel, Germany 1996 Speeches and readings in Berlin, Cologne, Hamburg, Leipzig, Germany

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

Advisory Board, Future of Minority Studies Research Project Co-Chair, National LGBT Caucus of National Writers’ Union/UAW Associate Member, Steelworkers’ Union Member, Pride At Work Co-Founder, Rainbow Flags for Mumia Member, National Committee, Workers World Party Managing Editor of Workers World newspaper Member, Advisory Board, National Amboyz