Leslie time, y'all. Surprisingly, this is my first Leslie post of the week. Consider yourselves lucky.

Up for discussion this week is anything from chapters 7 through 8. These discussion points kinda majorly fucking suck still.

  • What are your feelings about the book overall?
  • How did you react to Leslie spitting mad anti-capitalist facts in chapter 8? :CommiePOGGERS:
  • Are you still on your "lesser-of-two-evils" bullshit? 👀
  • What did you learn?
  • Was anything eye opening to you?
  • Are there any misconceptions about particular aspects of the trans community that have maybe been torn down?
  • Did anything make you reflect on how you view your own gender identity or expression?
  • Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
  • Are there things that brought out intense emotion?
  • Was there anything that really reaffirmed your beliefs as a leftist or motivated you to be more based like Leslie? - Please, God. Remove me from this nightmare.

This thread will be featured for 24 hours then will remain pinned in !transenby_liberation for the remainder of the week. I'm thinking about keeping a general discussion thread pinned in the comm for anyone listening to the audio books to chime in and drop comments.

original thread
week #1 thread
week #2 thread
pdf download
epub download - Huge shout out to comrade @EugeneDebs for putting this together. I realized I didn't credit them in either post but here it is. I appreciate your efforts. ❤️
chapter 1 audiobook - Huge shout out to comrade @futomes for recording these. No words can truly express my appreciation for this. Thank you so much. ❤️
chapter 2 audiobook
chapter 3 audiobook
chapter 4 audiobook
chapter 5 audiobook
chapter 6 audiobook
chapter 7 audiobook
chapter 8 audiobook

  • Gay_Wrath [fae/faer]12•3 years ago

    Don't have a lot of quotes this week but holy shit i loved this book.

    When i talk about unity, i don't mean reducing all our particular identities or struggles to one. I mean putting our collective strength and energy behind the defense of ALL our identities and ALL our demands.

    ^^^ FUCK yes, this is it. Right here.

    The problem for trans people isn't just backward attitudes, it's the system. It's an economic system that is profit-driven -- valuing only the bottom line - so people's needs always come last. This Robin-Hood-in-reverse system robs the poor to enrich a tiny fraction of the population. Yet that small wealthy class has learned in a highly refined way that the success to maintaining its rule is to split up the majority, make us point our fingers at one another, focus our anger at each other.

    This book is fucking based and goes off y'all. It's free. Please read it. It's short and goes off a lot. Trans comrades have always been here for us all, fighting against oppression and for equal rights.

      • TransComrade69 [she/her,ze/hir]6•3 years ago

        Feel free to comment on the threads as you read through each section! Leslie was based as fuck and never disappoints! :)

    • TransComrade69 [she/her,ze/hir]5•3 years ago

      I feel like there weren't a lot of quotes or passages that like... we didn't already know to be true about capitalism but to see it all tied back to the points made throughout the entire book was jaw dropping, haha. There's a reason why Leslie is my absolute hero and it's because they were based as fuck. I seriously strive to have even a fraction of their courage and strength. I'm glad you enjoyed the book though! I truly appreciate everyone who stuck with this until the end, thank you for being a part of it all. :)

      I'm thinking about hosting a group reading for Transgender Warriors in a few weeks too, probably in the same format as this - more or less. That one goes more in-depth into the history outside of the 1900s. Maybe I'll put in a greater effort into reading through chapters and having discussion points ready before the group discussions next time. :P