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A video-verité manifesto made with self-identified gender outlaw, author and activist, Leslie Feinberg (1949-2014). Raw and confrontational, this videotape asks its audience to examine their assumptions about the "nature" of gender, challenging any nead certainties and calling for more sensitivity and awareness of the human rights and dignity of trans people.
"i dont see myself when i look in the mirror. i see parts of myself. i see a combination of the way the world sees me, and the way i see me. and im always fighting to define my own reflection."
recognition.
its so of its time, the liney video quality, leslie and minnie watching sweet transvestite together. theres also a great moment for dyke faggotry where leslie turns to a gay male friend and says 'if we did it, it wouldnt be straight, would it?' and he goes 'we'd be confused.'
Literally every five minutes Leslie Feinberg drops a line of wisdom so profound that you’re still recovering from it when the next mind blowing tidbit hits.
inspiring to see Leslie tell Joan of Arc's story as one of a crossdressing hero rallied behind by her class
while I'm still early in my learning I think Leslie is exactly the kind of organizer queer & trans people can look to for a cogent, class-conscious theory of change and, like Leslie says about getting filmed in the gym, framing ourselves with a disposition of strength
Leslie Feinberg and Minnie Burce Pratt are literally my butch-femme grandparents. I would not be who I was without them whether or not I ever learned that they existed. Their ripples in the fabric of human history touched me before I even knew it and it is because of Leslie's strength, boldness, and bravery that my butch and I are able to live as we do. Just slightly more comfortable becuase of them.
Doesn't hurt to see a butch working out in the gym too
“ everyday of my life is a struggle. But living that way woke me up, it made me have to think about other people’s oppression. It made me look at how we’re being pitted against eachother every day to keep us from getting together and getting some real change.”
short and sweet
Such a time capsule of a documentary with the mentioning of Marsha P Johnson’s murder happening only a summer before and Brandon Teenas death as well. The suits, the stone butch blues tank top in the gym, and the walking on the piers with the queer writing everywhere - just beautiful
short and sweet. i always forget that leslie feinberg is so funny because hir writing isn't really (at least not in the two texts i've read particularly). zie has such a funny folksy lyricism and simple wisdom to the things zie says. precious. felt privileged to see it screened
USA
