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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Hello blue hair and pronouns communists. I want to dye my hair white. I have never dyed my hair before. A lot of guides tell me to go to a hairdresser but I don't want to and can't afford to do that. Do you have any advice? I know basically nothing about dying hair
White or silver?
preferably white, idk if that would be harder than silver. is there a significant difference?
White is quite difficult, you have to bleach the shit out of your hair if you're not already very light blonde - and then only a little. And then another session of bleaching and potentially a third before it's light enough to get to white.
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The bleaching process should take several weeks depending on the starting color. You want to go only one level at a time with a rest period to manage breakage and remoisturize. If you try to do it all at once your hair will turn into jello.
Then when it's near-white you MUST use toner to take out the straw-like color. If you don't do this your dye will come out yellow.
Then you add the silver/white dye as the final step. Re-bleach roots as necessary. Follow instructions on timing for roots or you'll burn your scalp.
Thanks for the advice. I've been looking at a lot of guides and it seems like no matter what it will take time and won't be easy to do on the first try, so I think I'll test it on a bit of my hair before committing to my whole head.
If I didn't love my hair being black and wanted a change I'd maybe go with silver with a purple tint.. love that look but would take more work