My Adventures at BTAC2019, Day 2; The Shell May Be Cracking

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WHOO! Day 2 at BTAC did start off with unfinished business. Mainly, I did a lengthy two-part blog about how I got from Rockford to Dallas to attend the annual Black Trans Advocacy Conference (BTAC). This time, not so much.

 I woke up to see what was going on in the nearby hospitality suite, just a few feet away. No one was there, so I looked to see if there was anything to eat. Luckily enough, I found one brownie from Jason's Deli, and returned to my room and ate it with pride and ice water, resuming the blog page from Tuesday. It's long work, but I did it. 

 i attended the BTWI workshop around 10am, with DeeDee Watters leading the majority of us. An exercise was performed, and we all got together in a circle and placed one hand on our backs. Dee Dee reminded us about having someone to watch our backs and we've got theirs. 

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