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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  • GenderIsOpSec [she/her]
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    3 months ago

    You’re getting to be as all the rest of them, he told himself. You’re getting gloomy, too. He’d certainly been solemn and gloomy with Golz. The job had overwhelmed him a little. Slightly overwhelmed, he thought. Plenty overwhelmed. Golz was gay and he had wanted him to be gay too before he left, but he hadn’t been. All the best ones, when you thought it over, were gay. It was much better to be gay and it was a sign of something too. It was like having immortality while you were still alive. That was a complicated one. There were not many of them left though. No, there were not many of the gay ones left. There were very damned few of them left. And if you keep on thinking like that, my boy, you won’t be left either. Turn off the thinking now, old timer, old comrade. You’re a bridge-blower now. Not a thinker.

    For Whom the Bell Tolls - Ernest Hemingway

    • naom3 [she/her]
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      3 months ago

      Where does a bridge fit on the bear-twink spectrum? thonk

        • naom3 [she/her]
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          3 months ago

          It’s probably a… bridge between the two big-cool

          • GenderIsOpSec [she/her]
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            3 months ago

            yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

            are we still doing cia miami memes, chat? or did i unc myself? chomsky-yes-honey

            • naom3 [she/her]
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              3 months ago

              That’s what I was going for at leastshrug-outta-hecks (I have never seen an episode of csi, this is just second-hand meme stuff)

              • GenderIsOpSec [she/her]
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                3 months ago

                comfy-cool hell yeah

                oh it's a garbage show situated in florida so the big season enders always have some "COMMUNIST TERRORIST FROM CUBA IS RUNNING AROUND KILLING!" -shit. Also one of the members in the squad were a cuban-american and they had a bottle of champagne waiting in their fridge for castro-stuff to die. i watched the show a lot as a kid

                • naom3 [she/her]
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                  3 months ago

                  Also one of the members in the squad were a cuban-american and they had a bottle of champagne waiting in their fridge for castro-stuff to die.

                  what-the-hell