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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Thallo is getting better at makeup, and it's starting to make the right nervous
Just like me fr!!! :3
You're doing it right then
whats the look for today?
Same look as always
Just really simple. I'm not into showy makeup. Just flat foundation, some brown eye shadow, and a kind of dusty pumpkin lipstick.
Normally, I don't like that color lipstick, but it matched my outfit really well.
But the eye shadow was like super sparkly, and I had to go to work, but I couldn't get all the sparkles off
That sounds super cute! Feels librarian-y ^^
Oh no! But i bet no one noticed. And worse case scenario you can always say one of your friends was wearing too much glittery makeup and it got on you or something?
Omfg my wife always says I look like a librarian and it drives me nuts lol
I'll just say I had a good weekend and move on hah
Librarians are cool tho! Why does it drive you nuts?
Thatll probs shut them up ^^
It's a good look, but I'll put on like 4 different outfits, and they're all librarian coded to her haha
Maybe you just bring intelligence to any outfit
It's true