This is super cool. Maybe it is time for those of us who were involved in the feminist and lesbian feminist movement while stealth to come out and claim our places in history thereby giving lie to the idea we didn’t exist back then or weren’t involved.
From PQ Monthly: http://www.pqmonthly.com/hidden-in-plain-view-a-trans-activist-reflects-on-performing-at-michfest/15747
By Erin Rook
July 18, 2013
It’s been more than two decades since musician and trans activist Jenn Burleton performed on stage at the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival, but the annual event still maintains its controversial ban on women like her.
Though the executive director of TransActive Education & Advocacy is publicly out about her trans identity today, she wasn’t when she played guitar for the thousands of women gathered on “the land” in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s.
The musicians she played with have continued to perform the fest, as recently as 2013, though at least one has announced they won’t return next year. A number of performers have either pulled out of the 2013 lineup or declined to return in response to a Change.org petition created by trans activist Red Durkin opposing the trans-exclusive admission policy.
Burleton shared her unique perspective with PQ Monthly as a trans woman who experienced MichFest both under the radar and in the spotlight.
Continue reading at: http://www.pqmonthly.com/hidden-in-plain-view-a-trans-activist-reflects-on-performing-at-michfest/15747
