Surrey Swans provides a meeting place for transgendered folk and their partners, friends and families.
Things had been getting more like normal over the past few months. Let's hope that Omicron doesn't throw things too far off course.
The number of people attending meetings has been quite a bit lower than in pre-covid days.
The great thing has been that most months there have been one or two new people that have come along.
For some it was their first opportunity to step outside as their feminine selves.
The final meeting for 2021 is Sunday December 12, 2021.
Dates for meetings in 2022 are here.
Last night was the first non-virtual Surrey Swans meeting of 2021. The one prior to that was back in September 2020 ... and before that was February 2020.
It was great to see people again and also to welcome two new friends.
The future of all things still seems on the more-unpredictable-than-usual side of things, but we're hoping that other meeting scheduled for 2021 will be able to go according to plan.
We were able to sit out under the cover of a marquee in the small courtyard area beside the function room at the Lion Brewery. There was even a heater for when the evening began to get a little chillier.
Mike, who runs the Lion Brewery together with Lyndsey shared a bit of the awful armed robbery that they had been subject to back in December 2020. There's a news article about it here.
All in all the evening was special. A bit like a refreshing shower at the end of a drought or the sunrise after a dark night.
The schedule for Surrey Swans meetings for 2021 is here.
See here for additional information about Surrey Swans.
