TY - JOUR
T1 - Trans women and Michfest
T2 - An ethnophenomenology of attendees' experiences
AU - McConnell, Elizabeth A.
AU - Odahl-Ruan, Charlynn A.
AU - Kozlowski, Christine
AU - Shattell, Mona
AU - Todd, Nathan R.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2016/1/2
Y1 - 2016/1/2
N2 - The rise of queer and transgender studies has greatly contributed to feminist and lesbian understandings of sex, gender, and sexuality and also has resulted in rifts, tensions, and border wars. One such tension is around the inclusion of trans women in women-only space, such as the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival (Michfest). In this ethnophenomenological study, we interviewed and surveyed 43 cisgender women who attended Michfest in 2013. Participants had a variety of perspectives on trans inclusion and on the dialogue surrounding it, and these paralleled intersections, frictions, and tensions between feminism, queer theory, and transgender studies.
AB - The rise of queer and transgender studies has greatly contributed to feminist and lesbian understandings of sex, gender, and sexuality and also has resulted in rifts, tensions, and border wars. One such tension is around the inclusion of trans women in women-only space, such as the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival (Michfest). In this ethnophenomenological study, we interviewed and surveyed 43 cisgender women who attended Michfest in 2013. Participants had a variety of perspectives on trans inclusion and on the dialogue surrounding it, and these paralleled intersections, frictions, and tensions between feminism, queer theory, and transgender studies.
KW - Feminism
KW - Michigan Womyn's Music Festival
KW - cisgender
KW - lesbian separatism
KW - queer theory
KW - transgender
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U2 - 10.1080/10894160.2015.1076234
DO - 10.1080/10894160.2015.1076234
M3 - Article
C2 - 26701767
AN - SCOPUS:84951812630
SN - 1089-4160
VL - 20
SP - 8
EP - 28
JO - Journal of Lesbian Studies
JF - Journal of Lesbian Studies
IS - 1
ER -