title: Trans women and Michfest: An ethnophenomenology of attendees' experiences.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychology , DePaul University , Chicago , Illinois , USA.
authors.forename: Elizabeth A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: McConnell
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychology , DePaul University , Chicago , Illinois , USA.
authors.forename: Charlynn A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Odahl-Ruan
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychology , DePaul University , Chicago , Illinois , USA.
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kozlowski
authors.affiliation: b School of Nursing, DePaul University , Chicago , Illinois , USA.
authors.forename: Mona
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shattell
authors.affiliation: c Department of Psychology , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Champaign , Illinois , USA.
authors.forename: Nathan R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Todd
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D019513:Feminism; D018452:Homosexuality, Female / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008824:Michigan; D008875:Middle Aged; D012929:Psychological Distance; D011582:Psychological Theory; D063106:Transgender Persons; D008297:Male
keywords: Feminism; Michigan Womyn's Music Festival; cisgender; lesbian separatism; queer theory; transgender