*Right. Footnote. Eleven-year-old, whose stated gender is tomboy, is the child of one of my closest friends. I've known the kid since she was three days old, and helped take care of her in her first couple of months. She is sometimes interested in worshiping with me, and is particularly fond of Hermes and Artemis. She's a really terrific kid, smart and good-hearted and snarky and geeky.

And when she had her first crush on a girl this summer and was upset to tell her parents (who had, for reasons I never understood, never told her her dad's bi), they called me up to come take her out and make her feel better. I was so excited for her, once she was feeling better.