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The bullshit stops here.

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Are you sick and tired of these so-called trans allies who continue to attend Michigan Women's Music Festivals? Weary from hearing their tales of how much work they do on "the inside" while Camp Trans'ers keep sleeping in the dirt and absorbing all of the vitrol?

And what about these yahoos who think getting transMEN into the fest takes importance over getting transWOMEN in?

My blood boils and I get the soon-to-be-a-migraine twitch just thinking about it.

I mean, who are these people? They claim that they are doing activism in their "own way," but what way is that? By giving Lisa Vogel their hard-earned dollars? By financialy supporting a festival with a Draconian don't-ask-don't-tell policy? By saying the policy is bad but not *so bad* that they can't tolerate it?

We've had enough.

This is your community to come bitch, vent, rant, muse aloud and otherwise take a break from educating and "playing nice" with these people. You don't have to be PC or care about festies. You don't have to stroke any festie's self-esteem. You don't need to convince every ally-claimer that they are a "good ally" or affirm anyone's "ally status."

The entries for this community are public and unlocked. We don't need to hide our opinions on the transphobic policy because *we are not engaging in activities that support MWMF*, period. We don't need a friends-locked "safe space" because we realize that no space, existing by solely by exclusion can ever be guaranteed "safe" for everyone. In fact, "friends" can often hurt more than strangers.
We don't need our experiences sheltered and contained, in fact, we need them heard and broadcasted.
Post stupid things from the MWMF message board, post stupid conversations you have with people, link to ongoing debates where you need some back-up, let out a scream.

This is not a democratic community. It's a community with an agenda. Remember what an agenda is? A clear and guiding purpose! None of this namby-pamby "we see both sides of the issue" bullshit. Oh yeah, and there's zero tolerance for supporting MWMF in any way. Ya hear me? Zero. All posts that in any way reference or somehow imlpy that attending MWMF in any way helps make the world safer for transwomen will be deleted. Don't like it? Yeah, well we don't like transphobia, so there.

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If you are a member of the closed community,

yellowarmbands, I will reject you from joining this community. There is a not-so-great history/relationship there and quite honestly, the mission statement for

yellowarmbands is antithetical to the purpose of this journal. It's not about how much cred you have, you many people you know, how you identify, how great an ally you are, it's just a line in the sand. If you get rejected from this community, that's likely the reason.

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