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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I have Fibromyalgia, today I’ve also had a flare up. Have you had any tests for it? It runs in my family
I probably should… I have a lot of chest and back pain that feels deep, like my bones or the stuff that binds them together is hurting. my GP thinks it’s costochondritis, but that doesn’t really explain the back and neck pain. unfortunately with the healthcare system in my country it can be challenging, expensive, or a long wait to see specialists. but I should look into it, thank you for the advice.
Fibro is one that i’ve heard a few other trans and non binary people suffer with, my mother and sister had it too. It’s also incurable so sucks and I push through that with exercise which can help, but I have it in a few spots, my lower back, my hips, knees and neck. I have some tendon issues too. I only take over the counter pain relief and go without on most days unless I get a flare up like this morning where I’m stiff and have a bit of trouble walking without slight limping and need time to loosen up
Waow I have a preliminary diagnosis for this ✨ You have anything done with regard to this so far?
doc gave me some antibiotics and anti-inflammatories a while ago, unfortunately didn’t really see any progress with them. regular painkillers don’t seem to have much of an effect on the deep pains in my chest and back, i can get codeine+ibuprofen OTC here but i try not to build a reliance on it. GP visits are 60 euro a pop where i live so i just put them off until i have a list of complaints long enough that i feel i can justify the cost. as a result progress on any long-term issue is very slow. i should really push for a specialist referral next time i go though.
yeag, the system so nakedly fails people like us. i try not to let it get me down all the time but it’s hard lol. like i said earlier weed helps me really quite a lot so i’m thankful to have access to that. really feel it on the days where i don’t have it though, with my sleep and stuff too. it has really felt good to talk about it on here today, thx for relating
I wanna smonk (eat gummies and vibe)
Yw and thank you too!