Fans and organizers of The Fest, a long-running punk music festival in Gainesville, Florida, won’t let the state’s recent anti-LGBT policies keep them from moshing.
It’s become something of a rite of passage for punk rock bands across North America to load up their vans and drive down to Florida every October to play, a long-running independent punk music festival in the quaint landlocked college town of Gainesville. Attendees and performers fly from around the world for the weekend bash, now in its 21st year, to reunite with Fest friends, mosh, and guzzle Pabst Blue Ribbon.
DeSantis’ legislative assault on LGBTQ+ people in Florida has prompted conversations among diehard Fest fans, and especially queer and trans attendees and performers who, like Fureigh, began to question if they’d be safe there. People began to ask: Will the Fest go on?Pondering those questions with The Daily Beast, Fest founder Tony Weinbender said that on social media people pressed him about canceling or moving the festival. Ultimately, though, neither option was ever on the table for him.
“I think Ron DeSantis is a real fucker,” Grace tells The Daily Beast. But she’s prepared to fight the anti-trans bathroom bills by whatever means necessary. “If people wanna see me fucking shit outside on somebody’s fucking lawn, fuck you, I’ll fucking do that. I’ll piss in the alley like a dog if that’s what you prefer. I’ll get really nasty and confrontational with people.”
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