 2008-08-10 - Loved this book.
I finally just read this book after having it on my "to-read" list for far too long. I'm appreciative of "Stone Butch Blues" on so many levels! It's amazing to read something that relates to you in a very meaningful way and this book does that for me. I think the author did a wonderful job of injecting details of historic importance into the story. A very needed and well-executed book for our community.
2008-07-16 - Mom loved it too
When I first read this book a few years back, I remember crying through parts and never being able to put the book down.
Then my mom requested a copy for her book club. She loved it too.
2008-05-27 - Wonderful
I needed this book for a class, last minute. It arrived within a matter of days, saving me from getting behind. It was wonderful. :)
2008-01-30 - A Deeply Moving Novel
This novel/memoir chronicles the world of a working class lesbian, gay, and transgendered people from the days before Stonewall to the present. It is a classic and probably the most important book available about transgender issues. I cried reading it on the train.
Feinberg is a committed communist, and some of the scenes involving worker solidarity are a contrived, but the book is well written and deeply moving. The scenes of gay bashing are, I should warn you, horrific, but this is a book very much worth reading.
 2007-09-20 - Butch to Butch
Leslie's book is not easy for many because of the truth behind the story. Butch, by Jay Rayn is a great book based on poignant truth and is now combined(Butch I and Butch II) in its re-release. Get all three. True insight into a Butch's world.
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