On International Transgender Day of Visibility, we remember the revolutionary transgender communist, activist and writer, Leslie Feinberg. 
Feinberg was an active anti-war and anti-racist activist who helped organize several campaigns following attacks against African-Americans by the KKK. She organized pro-choice protests and defended LGBT bars and clubs from right-wing attacks.
She was a fervent believer in the power of organization to fight back against all kinds of oppression.
Feinberg applied a Marxist approach to transgender liberation and championed working-class solidarity that transcended racial, sexual and gender identities, uniting people to reject oppressive norms that are imposed by society.
Feinberg passed away in November, 2014 from tick borne diseases. She also fought discrimination against the transgender community in healthcare, and she attributed her chronic health issues to said discrimination as it deprived her of an adequate treatment.
Her final words were, “Hasten the revolution! Remember me as a communist revolutionary.”
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