SoVo.com – By Zack Hudson
Southern Comfort takes closer look at trans men, workplace issues
Taking a closer look at the lives of transgender men, and, for the first time, cracking open its doors to the general public pushed attendance at the Southern Comfort Conference to its largest number since 2000, organizers said.
Kristin Reichman, chair of the annual Atlanta transgender event, said 782 people showed up to attend some or all of the five-day conference Sept. 19-24. In years past, the conference has consistently drawn 500-600 attendees for full slate of workshops, seminars and social events inside the host hotel Colony Square Sheraton in Midtown, and throughout Atlanta?s tourist districts.
Southern Comfort attendees flocked together to Atlanta sightseeing spots like the Georgia Aquarium ? empowered by the strength of numbers and the notion that reactions from fellow tourists among the general public would be directed at the entire group, not just one individual.