My epic write up seems to have disappeared from my drafts. I tell you – this has really been my week! I’ll give you the short summary and pictures instead. Those are worth a thousand words, right? Or so they say…
January 28th, 2012 was the day. Fatty Affair was held at the Billy DeFrank LGBT Center in San Jose, California. It was awesome! Sarah organized a fantastic event full of great speakers, activities (clothing swap!) and vendors. So many people came out to participate and join in the fatty fun – it was amazing!
Here are some of the pictures. You can check out the complete set on Flickr!
Start of the clothing swap!
Marilyn Wann, being awesome
Milo who let me take her picture – such a mesmerizing dress!
The lovely organizer, Sarah!
There was so much energy, camaraderie… it is actually difficult to describe! But so powerful. After I was both emotionally drained and eager to do more. I called Chris to tell him how amazing the night was and I’m pretty sure it was me sniffling while rambling random words…
I was honored that Sarah asked me to be a speaker. Which I did awkwardly because plans changed a little bit – I ended up speaking by myself! My mind went completely blank. Next opportunity for public speaking? NOTES. PRACTICE. CLEAR THOUGHTS. Public speaking is not my forte!
It was great meeting so many new people – some readers, other activists and much more. I can’t wait until the next fatty event!
I’m going to post my outfit separately, as this is a little picture heavy already. You can catch a glimpse of it in my “catwalk” picture above.
That looks like such an awesome place to be. Where was it held. I would love to hold something like that in the DC area. I live in DE but I travel to DC and I think the turnout would be larger if held in DC/MD/VA area. Anyway, awesome pics!!! Can’t wait to see what you wore!
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It was held in San Jose, California. I edited the post to say that!
Can’t wait until the next one.
So jealous! I’m going to force myself to go to the next bay area event >_>
You should! They are a lot of fun.
How cute are you! This event looks fantastic! I love this freedom of self! Thanks for the follow. Following you right back girl! Kiah
No problem! We had a blast. :)
Looks like such a fun event!
ALL THE PRETTY DRESSESSSSS
Indeed!
This looks amazing! My friend and I have organized a couple of clothing swaps in our area, but this looks fabulous! I absolutely love the fat kick line… Also, Milo’s dress is FAB.
It was! I’m actually missing a swap when I go out of town, ha ha. SAD TIMES.
The Phat Fly girls are awesome! Had the chance to meet some of them, they even have open rehearsals – I’m ridiculously uncoordinated, but it might be a fun thing to try.
Milo’s dress hypnotized me all night. It was kind of funny! Sequins… ooh shiny.
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Aww, thanks Alyssa!