Sylphïa Mairé (siya/they/she) is a queer androgyne coded and socialized as a woman. Assigned female at birth, they experience the associated travails of the gender. They are currently on the Canadian Teachers’ Federation Advisory Committee on the Status of Women and just completed two terms on the British Columbia Teachers' Federation Committee for Action on Social Justice in the Status of Women Advisory Group. They knit toques during meetings and give them away.