Polare 16

Issued December 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.)

Editorial

Editorial of Issue 16 of Polare, by Jasper

Transgender Issues and Health / Welfare Politics

Presentation at the Health In Difference conference, by Jill Hooley

P.M.s Piece

Report from the Gender Centre's management Committee President, by Roberta Perkins

Self-Treatment With Essential Oils

A very basic list of a few problems which can be treated with some essential oils, Author Unknown

From Our New Outreach Worker

The Gender Centre Outreach Worker explains how she can assist transgender people with safe sex equipment, health education and hospital and prison visits, by Tania

Drug & Alcohol Service and Usage

Extract from the Transgender Project conducted in Central Sydney Area Health Service, by Jill Hooley & Rochelle Evans

Health Report

Hepatitis C, by Tania

The Year In Perspective

A review of the year at the Gender Centre, by Gender Centre Staff

My View

Schizophrenia and Mental Illness in Relation to the Transgender Community, Interview with John

Why Gender Issues? Why Now?

Gender issues are now on the social and political agenda and changes in legislation, and hence a change in social status; or at least social perceptions, is imminent, by Louise Glanfield

Elvis Herselvis Part 1

art one in a two part series about American female Elvis impersonator and drag king, Elvis Herselves, by Wicked Women Magazine

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