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Title: Michigan Women's Music festival now admits trans women
Post by: LostInTime on August 21, 2006, 10:04:23 AM
Post by: LostInTime on August 21, 2006, 10:04:23 AM
Article (http://www.gayalliance.org/content/view/584/)
HART, MICHIGAN - The Michigan Women's Music Festival began admitting openly trans (transgender/transsexual) women last week, bringing success to a longstanding struggle by trans activists both inside and outside the festival.
"Seeing trans women inside the festival for the first time brought me totears," said Sue Ashman, who attends the festival every year. "It's restored my faith in women's communities."
Ashman said "I have friends who have already committed to bringing themselves and others for the first time next year."
Organizers of Camp Trans, the annual protest across the road from the festival, say that every year at least one trans woman at Camp Trans walks to the festival gate with a group of supporters, explains that she is trans, and tries to buy a ticket. In past years, the festival box office has produced a printed copy of the policy and refused.
HART, MICHIGAN - The Michigan Women's Music Festival began admitting openly trans (transgender/transsexual) women last week, bringing success to a longstanding struggle by trans activists both inside and outside the festival.
"Seeing trans women inside the festival for the first time brought me totears," said Sue Ashman, who attends the festival every year. "It's restored my faith in women's communities."
Ashman said "I have friends who have already committed to bringing themselves and others for the first time next year."
Organizers of Camp Trans, the annual protest across the road from the festival, say that every year at least one trans woman at Camp Trans walks to the festival gate with a group of supporters, explains that she is trans, and tries to buy a ticket. In past years, the festival box office has produced a printed copy of the policy and refused.
Title: Re: Michigan Women's Music festival now admits trans women
Post by: Melissa on August 21, 2006, 10:57:07 AM
Post by: Melissa on August 21, 2006, 10:57:07 AM
That's really good news. I was with a group of women last week and they were discussing how fun this was and I remembered that they didn't admit trans-women, but I may now consider trying this out.
Melissa
Melissa
Title: Re: Michigan Women's Music festival now admits trans women
Post by: Dennis on August 21, 2006, 11:44:12 AM
Post by: Dennis on August 21, 2006, 11:44:12 AM
It's about bloody time. If I remember correctly, their policy was to only allow "women born women living as women", which also excluded transmen. (And the latter, I think should continue. Transmen should respect women's spaces imo.)
Dennis
Dennis
Title: Re: Michigan Women's Music festival now admits trans women
Post by: Melissa on August 21, 2006, 11:59:26 AM
Post by: Melissa on August 21, 2006, 11:59:26 AM
Actually the phrase they used was "womyn born womyn" because they wanted nothing to do with anything male and removed the e's. That's how bad they were. Also, since trans men are neither women nor womyn, that would automatically imply they were excluded.
Melissa
Melissa
Title: Re: Michigan Women's Music festival now admits trans women
Post by: Kate Thomas on August 21, 2006, 11:29:56 PM
Post by: Kate Thomas on August 21, 2006, 11:29:56 PM
For a comic book view of "Camp Trans" check out Stacy Mongomery's
"Transexual Fury Summer Camp Special (http://www.sheerchaos.org/comics/camptransfury/ctf1.htm)"
Camp Trans Super HeroTransexual FuryTeams up with the festival's own Fighting Feminist to battle the enhanced Super-Male "Andro-Man"
Join these super heros as they fight for gender diversity. and win a few battels :)
"Transexual Fury Summer Camp Special (http://www.sheerchaos.org/comics/camptransfury/ctf1.htm)"
Camp Trans Super HeroTransexual FuryTeams up with the festival's own Fighting Feminist to battle the enhanced Super-Male "Andro-Man"
Join these super heros as they fight for gender diversity. and win a few battels :)