Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg | Summary & Study Guide

Butch, according to the dictionary, means "a female homosexual with mannish or aggressive traits." A stone butch has been so battered by homophobia and sexism and the intractable human fear of difference overall that her emotions have turned to stone - she doesn't know how to express the love she does feel, and is terrified of the love that others want to give her. A stone butch has every reason to feel the blues in Leslie Feinberg's critically-acclaimed, award-winning novel Stone Butch Blues.

This study guide includes the following sections: Plot Summary, Chapter Summaries & Analysis, Characters, Objects/Places, Themes, Style, Quotes, and Topics for Discussion.