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IN THE NEWS: The Vagina Monologues & the Fight Against Transphobia
Throughout V-Day’s history, trans women and trans men have been
welcome to perform in The Vagina Monologues. In 2004, the first all
transgender performance occurred in Los Angeles, the result of which
was the creation of a new monologue “They Beat The Girl Out of My
Boy…” which has been performed at V-Day events worldwide for the
last 10 years.
Last week, students at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts, U.S.,
decided to retire The Vagina Monologues due to their belief that the
play is not inclusive to transgender students. This has lead to a
national discussion which has played out in many media outlets, and we
wanted to take a moment to highlight some recent interviews, op-eds
and statements that speak directly to this issue.
Despite some inaccuracies behind the decision at Mount Holyoke, V-Day
and Eve stand in solidarity with students there in their fight against
transphobia. As Eve states in her TIME op-ed, we “believe that this is
a beautiful opportunity to hear each other’s stories in this
ever-evolving journey toward liberation.”
TIME Magazine - Op-Ed by Eve Ensler
“
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The Vagina Monologues never intended to be a play about what it means
to be a woman. It is and always has been a play about what it means to
have a vagina. In the play, I never defined a woman as a person with a
vagina…”
CONTINUE reading at TIME.com >
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READ “Vagina Monologues Playwright: ‘It Never Said A Woman Is Someone
With A Vagina’” - (The Guardian) >
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TIME Magazine - Op-Ed by Actor & Trans Feminist Julie Rei Goldstein
“The responsibility of trans inclusivity is not on V-Day as an
organization or the material Eve Ensler has written. They have already
provided all the tools you need to make it inclusive. It is on each
individual production to use those tools to ensure all voices and
experiences are heard. Even the monologue that highlights transgender
women,
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They Beat the Girl Out of My Boy, includes varied perspectives from
within the trans community across both gender expression and sexual
orientation…”
CONTINUE reading at TIME.com >
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STATEMENT From Producers and Cast Members of First All-Transgender
Benefit Performance of The Vagina Monologues
In 2004, Eve Ensler supplemented
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The Vagina Monologues, writing a transgender piece after having
intimate conversations with a diverse group of women in our community.
It debuted in 2004 as part of the first all-transgender performance,
which was cast without regard to transgender surgical status.
That trans-inclusive piece has been performed by trans and non-trans
participants around the world as part of V-Day’s global fundraising
efforts to end violence against women and girls. We feel it is one of
many important steps which made the feminist movement more
trans-inclusive.
CONTINUE reading at The Huffington Post >
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ARTISTIC UPRISING: Rosie O'Donnell Added To 7 Feb Lineup!
Actor, comedian, and activist Rosie O'Donnell will be RISING with us
on Saturday, 7 February at the ARTISTIC UPRISING in NYC! Come join her
and many other revolutionary performers, slam poets, dancers, singers
and activists!
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Tickets*: $25, $100 (includes One Billion Rising Revolution gift) &
$1,000 (includes complimentary wine, champagne and beer for 2 hrs)
ALL TICKETS IN EACH SECTION ARE GENERAL ADMISSION.
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