Equivocation And Lies In Lisa Vogel’s August 18th Statement
(Added emphasis to specific statements by Lisa Vogel and/or official MichFest press releases and documents is added throughout the piece with bolded orange text.) Lisa Vogel posted an official Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival (MichFest) statement on her Facebook page on August 18th, 2014. The statement is in regards to MichFest and the long-running womyn-born-womyn policy/intention for the festival. It’s been crossposted a number of times, including to the LGBT news site Between The Lines. Lisa Vogel’s Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival Statement (August 18, 2014) To begin with, the statement glosses over the history of why and how MichFest’s womyn-born-womyn policy came into being, as well as telling a very significant lie about the history of what was clearly once not just an intention, but an anti-trans discrimination policy. From a fact-checking perspective, the first point of Lisa Vogel’s statement contains what reasonable people would consider a lie. 1. Get Your
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Dated source evidence currently stored by the CollectiveThe Curious Demands of the Womyn in the Woods: Unpacking the Statement of the Michigan Womyn’s Musical Festival | The TransAdvocate
The rest of the Vogel’s first demand carries with it quite a different tune. Over the last few revisions of Michfest statements, there has been a softening of the language used for the express exclusion of trans women from Michigan. However, one can easily parse…
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