After synagogue last week, there were masks on the tables in the kiddush. The tables were covered in blue cloths and in the middle of each were stacks of beautiful feathered masks and noise-makers. Our synagogue was a little late celebrating Purim, but we got there. The Small Person was delighted to see the masks and sorted through them to find a ( Read more... )

Now as I am a person of the mid- Atlantic, let me explain that what i mean by Chemist above is somebody who works in chemistry, and not the pharmacist at your local Boots. ::waves to my parents and British readers::

Some weeks ago I was doing a LGBTT2IQQA training with a group of teachers, and I used trans and cis to talk about, well trans people ( Read more... )