Rosh Hodesh Heshvan and Embracing my Incides

Today is Rosh Hodesh Heshvan, the start of the new Hebrew month of Heshvan.  Therefore, as per protocol for myself, I am wearing:

• A ladies' tallit katan
• Jewelry (in this case, a bracelet I made, with pink, purple, and black beads)
• A spritz of perfume
• my fancy bobby pins

Today is also a big--make that huge--day for me because I am deliberately going out into the world saying "I am Jewish, and female, and queer, and it is all OK."  I am doing that by wearing:

• A gay pride button in place of my usual star of David
• A gay pride kippah (which has double meaning: gay pride because it is rainbow and Jewish pride because it is a kippah)
• a pink skirt with purple shirt and tights

So I am acknowledging my femininity, my gay pride, and my Judaism.  I will let you know how today goes.