Polare 22

Issued October 1997

Coordinator's Report

More on the issue of trans equity in employment, including job vacancies at Westpac, by Elizabeth Riley

Childhood and Gender Identity Development Repressive Abuse

Gender Identity Developmental Repressive Abuse, abuse or actions which force children to repress questions about gender identity, by Gianna E. Israel

President's Preamble

Includes a farewell to Craig and the introduction of computers, the internet and the Gender Centre's own website, by Fiona Austin

A Fabulous Child's Story

The story of Project Baby X, the child nobody could tell whether it was a boy or a girl, by Lois Gould

Happiness

Reflections on a Scientific American article about happiness, by David G. Myers, Ed Diener and Heather Jean

My Story: The Gardeners

An interesting piece about how a father wore his masculinity as a defence, as if he felt under threat, his masculinity too tight across his shoulders, by Whittacker

Transmen

Jamie writes about doing weights, shaving his head at a party and top surgery, by Jamie Walker

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