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Leslie Feinberg, a butch trans activist, in the documentary OUTLAW. Feinberg is standing outdoors, a city in the blurred background, squinting in the sun. Feinberg has short, grey hair, light skin, and is wearing a black coat with a patterned black scarf.

Outlaw

Documentary
1994
United States of America
Leslie Feinberg, a pioneering American butch and trans activist, is interviewed about gender and identity.

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"Leslie Feinberg, a self-identified "gender outlaw" who has spent much of zir life passing as a man, speaks with passion and intelligence about zir experiences in this video manifesto. Raw and confrontational, this film asks its audience to examine their assumptions about the "nature" of gender and calls for more sensitivity and awareness of the human rights and the dignity of transgendered people. Feinberg is the author of Stone Butch Blues, an account of a working-class lesbian who passes as a man." -Vimeo.

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