The Portland Mercury
http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/Content?oid=457260&category=22153 🔗 [Link: portlandmercury.com/portland/Content/]Ladies First in the Siren Nation
BY LIZZIE EHRENHALT
Since its founding in the '70s, the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival has nurtured some, and angered others by refusing to admit transgender women. The first Ladyfest in 2000 signaled an exciting new era even as Lilith Fair devolved into a punch line for lame jokes about estrogen and vague, new-agey female empowerment.
