LGBT

The Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival, also known as “Wombfest” or simply “Michigan,” has been held annually in early August in a northern Michigan forest since 1976 (“General… Information”).The festival’s central goal has been to create a woman-centered atmosphere where women can celebrate being women in an area free of male presence and patriarchy (“Out and About“). Although Michigan is not the first festival to celebrate women (“A… History“) , it is the longest running, looking to celebrate its thirty-second anniversary in August 2008 (“Rebuttal… Straight”).

I've been ruminating on this for a long time... As some of you know, April 26 was the national Day of Silence. A couple of my friends and I were planning on participating, so in order to avoid getting in trouble for leading an unorganized student protest, which is against the rules in my school, we went to our principle and vice principle. We showed them the information, and had a discussion. John* isn't the best speaker, and Tasha* isn't normally someone you'd look to for guidance. So the principle ended up talking to ME. Trying to explain the reasons for participating in the Day of Silence when everyone's reason differs slightly is difficult. But I did my best. I showed them the pages we had printed out, full of information. Told them why we wanted to do it as LGBT youth. Lo and behold, being the conservative rulers of a conservative school, they told us they would have to think about it, talk for awhile. That was the first thing that made me a little angry. I just sat there while the principle told us that they would get back to us.