Jeff Iovannone to Discuss Queer History in New York - April 4th 12pm!

By Grace Dosdall, March 28, 2023

Leslie Feinberg’s Buffalo: Historic Sites in Stone Butch Blues

In recognition of the 30th anniversary of trans lesbian activist Leslie Feinberg’s landmark novel Stone Butch Blues, published in Ithaca by Firebrand Books in 1993, public historian and historic preservation planner Jeff Iovannone will provide an overview of his digital exhibition Leslie Feinberg’s Buffalo, which documents and spatially maps historic sites represented in Feinberg’s novel. Iovannone will highlight several of the sites represented in the exhibition, including the Firebrand Books Building, designated as an individual local landmark by the Ithaca Common Council in October 2022. Leslie Feinberg’s Buffalo can be viewed here!

*This event is an SLI

Stone Butch Blues IG Post

Dr. Jeff Iovannone is a public historian and historic preservation planner from Buffalo, New York, who specializes in LGBTQ heritage conservation. He holds a PhD in American Studies from the University at Buffalo and is currently pursuing an MA in Historic Preservation Planning at Cornell University. 

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Grace Dosdall at gdosdall@ithaca.edu or 9529235304. We ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible.