How TERF violence inspired Camp Trans
In the middle of a cool August night in 1991, Nancy Burkholder was thrown out of the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival (MWMF) because she’s a […]
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Available scholarly citations plus verified non-scholarly sourcesAre Misogynist, Homophobe, & TERF slurs?
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Repeating the cycle at MichFest: The clash of two feminisms
Most trans people know that in response to this anti-trans discrimination, Camp Trans was established. In her academic book, Gender Hurts TERF opinion leader Sheila Jeffreys demagogued the establishment of Camp Trans thusly:
Sex Essentialism: TERF patriarchy and smelly vaginas
I’ve noted many times that while Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminists (TERFs) like to speak on behalf of Radical Feminism, the type of so-called “gender critical feminism” they offer is at war with the roots of Radical Feminism. For example, pioneering Radical Feminist opinion leader Andrea Dworkin was supportive of trans…
The Curious Demands of the Womyn in the Woods: Unpacking the Statement of the Michigan Womyn’s Musical Festival
The very essence of the statement from the Michigan Womyn’s Music festival clearly reflects an assumption that Vogel is speaking for a majority of festivalgoers, and her continuation and enforcement of the “intention,” reflects the greater community of participants. This is not the case and in reality it is clear…
Equivocation And Lies In Lisa Vogel’s August 18th Statement
Quoting from The Transadvocate interview of Janis Walworth:
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We also learned how TERF violence at the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival inspired Camp Trans. We also learned the fact that even in 1992, most of the women attending the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival wanted the festival to be trans inclusive.
A TERF’s fist gave rise to trans-inclusive women’s music festivals
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National justice orgs say: End trans exclusion policy at Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival
MWMF violence led to the creation of Camp Trans while Leather Dykes and the Lesbian Avengers offered bodyguard protection for the trans women.
You might be a TERF if…
25.) Threaten a group of trans women with bodily violence so that they have to start something called Camp Trans in protest.
Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival
MWMF violence led to the creation of Camp Trans while Leather Dykes and the Lesbian Avengers offered bodyguard protection for the trans women.
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