See every side of every news story
Get Started
SubscribeLogin
Israel-Hamas Conflict
Tariffs
Nintendo
Donald Trump
Natural Disasters
Baseball
Republican Party
Social Media
US Politics
European Union
Democratic Party
Taxes
Senate
Published • loading... • Updated

Zine Archives Preserve Trans Survival and Storytelling

Summary by Atlas Obscura
On an August night in 1991, Nancy Jean Burkholder was kicked out of the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival. It wasn’t because she was disrupting the event—it was because she was transgender. The lesbian feminist women's music festival, which had been an annual event in Oceana County since 1976, claimed that they had a “womyn-born-womyn” policy that excluded trans women from attending. Nancy left the festival grounds, devastated, and returned to her…

1 Articles

All
Left
Center
1
Right
Atlas ObscuraAtlas Obscura
Center

Zine Archives Preserve Trans Survival and Storytelling

On an August night in 1991, Nancy Jean Burkholder was kicked out of the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival. It wasn’t because she was disrupting the event—it was because she was transgender. The lesbian feminist women's music festival, which had been an annual event in Oceana County since 1976, claimed that they had a “womyn-born-womyn” policy that excluded trans women from attending. Nancy left the festival grounds, devastated, and returned to her…

Read Full Article
Think freely.Subscribe and get full access to Ground NewsSubscriptions start at $9.99/yearSubscribe

Bias Distribution

  • 100% of the sources are Center
100% Center
Factuality

To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium

Ownership

To view ownership data please Upgrade to Vantage

Atlas Obscura broke the news in on Monday, March 31, 2025.
Sources are mostly out of (0)
Stories disproportionately reported by the Left or the Right

Similar News Topics

Oceana County

Oceana County

You have read out of your 5 free daily articles.

Join us as a member to unlock exclusive access to diverse content.

News
For You
SearchBlindspotLocal