As I reminisce on today’s events—Atom Blk’s The Eden Experience and Black Media Guild’s “I Love the ‘90s…in Black”, I strive to remind you that your name is being spoken about in rooms you’re not even in yet because you’re you.

You’re worth the time, energy, and effort of trying something new, going to that event alone, creating that thing, healing. That doesn’t change just because someone is uncomfortable with your transformation.

Keep going. Your time is coming.

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