“We hear your truths; we ask you to acknowledge that you hear ours.”
Michigan's Womyn's Music Festival has been making headlines as of late for its apparent exclusion of trans women.
The festival itself takes place on over 600 acres of woods. According to the event's website you will find, "diverse and dynamic performances, interactive workshops, healthy foods, clean air and the most amazing sense of community"
As an organization with a core value of inclusiveness, the Task Force believes that the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival's 'womyn born womyn' intention, to the exclusion of transgender women, must end. It also runs at variance with welcoming and respecting the reality of all women's lives. We agree with our partners at Equality Michigan and the many activists both inside and outside the festival who have raised this important issue for over two decades. As it approaches its 40th year, the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival must include and welcome transgender women. It's past time for a change in both intention and practice at the Festival, as a matter of love, compassion and radical welcome embraced by the Task Force and countless others.