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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Also what is this orange book? Is it the nevada book i see people talk about on here sometimes? (Idk anything about anything lol)
Yes it is Nevada :3 I literally always have an orange book reference, I have to stop myself from making references all the time
Ive seen enough people on here ralk about it to know I should read it, but dont know anything about what it is lol
Nevada is like this: Maria Griffiths is almost 30 and lives in New York and her life sucks, her job sucks, she sucks and she is hopelessly stunted. Someone should do something about it but she mostly is just irresponsible and depressed and angry, which is awesome. If she's lucky she'll be able to share all the knowledge she's gained from her totally authentic punk diy book snob new york life with some goofy twentysomething she meets, soon. It's a lot about her internal monologue, it's a character study and it has the best opening chapter ever basically. It is so good.
Youve sold me, its going on my list
I was gonna read "the dyke and the dybbuk" next, but i cant find that one in shops around here so maybe ill read this instead :)
Oh that actually sounds kinda funny tbh. But Yeah! Nevada is also on a major press now, so I can whole heartedly recommend uh, acquiring it by methods which bypass typical currency exchange :)
It sounds pretty fun! But i havent been able to find it
i read the first like 3 pages and it was fun :)