MWMF and transgender issues
Since the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival has just passed there's been a flurry of blogging regarding the festival's most controversial aspect, its exclusion of transwomen (MtF) but inclusion of transmen (FtM).
Alix Olson, along with many other female artists and musicians perform at Michfest every year, which I assume is the reason she is the audience for this open letter. I actually had the opportunity to meet her at a performance she gave at American University last year, and I asked her about the Michfest controversy. Her response was that of all the conversations she had heard over the years about trans exclusion at the festival, the most productive or important ones had actually happened AT Michigan.
An Open Letter to Alix Olson
Oh really? I find that a little hard to believe considering that there weren't any transwomen AT the festival.
Definitely made me think of this post, Trans Conversations Shouldn’t Center Cis Concerns.
More on the issue:
Excluding Trans Women From Women Only Spaces: What This Policy Renders Invisible
re: An Open Letter to Alix Olson
Alix Olson, along with many other female artists and musicians perform at Michfest every year, which I assume is the reason she is the audience for this open letter. I actually had the opportunity to meet her at a performance she gave at American University last year, and I asked her about the Michfest controversy. Her response was that of all the conversations she had heard over the years about trans exclusion at the festival, the most productive or important ones had actually happened AT Michigan.
An Open Letter to Alix Olson
Oh really? I find that a little hard to believe considering that there weren't any transwomen AT the festival.
Definitely made me think of this post, Trans Conversations Shouldn’t Center Cis Concerns.
More on the issue:
Excluding Trans Women From Women Only Spaces: What This Policy Renders Invisible
re: An Open Letter to Alix Olson