Sinistra and Gender

[erisedstraeh2002]

No: HPFGUIDX 43959

Ba (alexpie) wrote:

> If this was already settled, apologies.  I did a search in the 
> archives, but didn't find anything definitive.  I lost a bit of 
> mail this week.   Anyway, 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?  

Now me:

This is from Steve's Lexicon (which looks great, BTW - check it out, 
he's reformatted the home page):

"Sinistra is noted as dancing a two-step with Moody, so many have 
assumed that Sinistra is a witch. This reference cannot be seen as 
conclusive proof, however."

~Phyllis