I am not sure it is my rightful place to mention it, but the memorial and celebration of Gordon Smith will take place in Chester this Saturday. Gordon was the partner of Miss Denis queen, one of the leading lights of the modern disability rights movement. Denis and I have only met once, and I never met Gordon, but by all accounts they were and are pioneers in the fields of disability and gender. Denis, who also sometimes goes by the name Claire, is one of those people at the cutting edge of culture and politics. It makes me very sad to hear that she has lost someone so dear to her.

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