Over the weekend, I attended the 9th annual Philadelphia Trans-Health Conference which is a three day conference focusing on the health and well being of transgender folks, their allies, their communities, their families, etc. This is essentially the highest attended conference of its kind, with over 1,500 attendees in 2009.
I used to sit on the planning committee for this particular conference until I left for the Equality Ride, so I was excited to go and help in whatever way I could. Mostly, this was workshop room monitoring. I lucked out by monitoring mostly workshops I intended to attend and thus I was able to maximize my time at PTHC.
Not surprisingly, I hit up a couple of spirituality workshops and was most excited for the spaces catering to significant others and partners.
Finding good workshop presenters is always a struggle. I have been to enough conferences to know that many folks will often submit an amazing proposal then provide a subpar workshop at best.
I find myself in a lot more spaces lately where I really want to learn a lot but find myself leading instead. I can’t determine if it’s because I’m a leo and my natural tendency is to lead, or if the reality of the situation is that somehow, I simply know more than the teacher and, as a result, cannot excel as the student. Whatever the case may be, maybe it’s my time.
Tell me your thoughts!