Sinistra

[Corgi]

>   I had it in the back of my mind that Sinistra was female, and I
> think I have canon to support it (GoF, ch23): "Mad-Eye Moody was
> doing an extremely ungainly two-step with Professor Sinistra,
> who was nervously avoiding his wooden leg."
>     I think if it were two male teachers dancing, JKR might have
> mentioned it, no?

This is one of the hotter topics over at the regular HPfGU currently 
(or at least the last time I looked). :)  I think the LOON position 
was that there is no canonical proof one way or the other, but most 
people go w/ the childrens-book-conservative position.

Corgi
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