Polare 13

Issued June 1996

(The Gender Centre advise that this edition of Polare is not current and as such certain content, including but not limited to persons, contact details and dates may not apply. Where legal authority or medical related matters are cited, responsibility lies with the reader to obtain the most current relevant legal authority and/or medical publication.)

Intuition

For intuition to flourish, we need atmosphere of meditation, contemplation or spending moments alone, by Linda Darling

Famous Trannies

Famous trannies of the 19th and early 20th centuries includes Dr. James Barry, Jenny de Savalette de Lange, and Margrith Buginger, by Roberta Perkins

A Dancer's Quest For True Self

The story of Chinese leading dancer Jin Xing, by Mia Turner, Time Magazine

Lower Surgery

An F.T.M. Success Story by David Shreier

European Progress

Recently an activist made legal history by taking her case for unfair dismissal all the way to the European Court of Justice ... and achieved a judgment in her favour, by Stephen Whittle

My Story

Stephanie feels she was never a man and physically, of course, not a woman either, by Stephanie & Ejler

My View

The Session + The Questions = My Response, by Max

Sentencing Given on Significant Transgender Case

Sean O'Neill faced 11 felony counts including criminal impersonation and child sexual assault. His only crime was to be an F.T.M. having consensual sex with teenage girls, when he was only 17, by James Green

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