Antigone Rising

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2014 Antigone Rising founded the nonprofit Girls Rising in 2014, which works with schools and youth centers to empower girls and LGBTQ+ youth through performances, presentations, and workshops. The organization also runs an annual music festival supporting female performers. Source
2014 Founding member Kristen Henderson publicly opposed the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival's exclusion of transgender women and withdrew Antigone Rising from the festival over the issue. Source
2019 The band has participated in advocacy for LGBTQ+ equality, including PFLAG's 2019 #EqualityStartsWithMe campaign supporting the federal Equality Act. Source

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