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Published in 1993, this brave, original novel is considered to be the finest account ever written of the complexities of a transgendered existence. Woman or man? That’s the question that rages like a storm around Jess Goldberg, clouding her life and her identity. Growing up differently gendered in a blue--collar town in the 1950’s, coming out as a butch in the bars and factories of the prefeminist ’60s, deciding to pass as a man in order to survive when she is left without work or a community in the early ’70s. This powerful, provocative and deeply moving novel sees Jess coming full circle, she learns to accept the complexities of being a transgendered person in a world demanding simple explanations: a he-she emerging whole, weathering the turbulence. Leslie Feinberg is also the author of __Trans Liberation__, __Trans Gender Warriors__ and __Transgender Liberation__, and is a noted activist and speaker on transgender issues. "Published in 1993, this brave, original novel is considered to be the finest account ever written of the complexities of a transgendered existence. Woman or man? Thats the question that rages like a storm around Jess Goldberg, clouding her life and her identity. Growing up differently gendered in a blue--collar town in the 1950s, coming out as a butch in the bars and factories of the prefeminist 60s, deciding to pass as a man in order to survive when she is left without work or a community in the early 70s. This powerful, provocative and deeply moving novel sees Jess coming full circle, she learns to accept the complexities of being a transgendered person in a world demanding simple explanations: a he-she emerging whole, weathering the turbulence."--Amazon description Woman or man? This internationally acclaimed novel looks at the world through the eyes of Jess Goldberg, a masculine girl growing up in the "Ozzie and Harriet" McCarthy era and coming out as a young butch lesbian in the pre-Stonewall gay drag bars of a blue-collar town. Stone Butch Blues traces a propulsive journey, powerfully evoking history and politics while portraying an extraordinary protagonist full of longing, vulnerability, and working-class grit. This once-underground classic takes the reader on a roller-coaster ride of gender transformation and exploration and ultimately speaks to the heart of anyone who has ever suffered or gloried in being different. 01 1 02 2 Chapter_01 3 Chapter_02 19 Chapter_03 33 Chapter_04 45 Chapter_05 57 Chapter_06 71 Chapter_07 81 Chapter_08 87 Chapter_09 97 Chapter_10 111 Chapter_11 121 Chapter_12 125 Chapter_13 141 Chapter_14 161 Chapter_15 177 Chapter_16 185 Chapter_17 201 Chapter_18 213 Chapter_19 225 Chapter_20 231 Chapter_21 243 Chapter_22 251 Chapter_23 261 Chapter_24 273 Chapter_25 281 Chapter_25_stone-butch-blues-final1-ver3 281 Chapter_25_stone-butch-blues-final1-ver3b 282 Chapter_26 299 Chapter_26_stone-butch-blues-final1-ver3 299 Chapter_26_stone-butch-blues-final1-ver3b 300 Stone Butch Blues is a historical fiction novel written by Leslie Feinberg about life as a butch lesbian in 1970s America. While fictional, the work also takes inspiration from Feinberg's own life, and she describes it as her "call to action." Jess Goldberg decides to come out as a butch in the bars and factories of the prefeminist '60s and then to pass as a man in order to survive when she is left without work or a community in the early '70s