Polare 25

Issued June 1998

(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.)

Elizabeth's Report

Includes updates on developments with the Department For Women, Department of Employment & Training and Corrective Services, by Elizabeth Riley

Westpac Faces Transgender Issues

Westpac is trying to align their business with their customer base, and have employed a transgender woman in one of their eastern suburbs branches, from "Diversity Matters" Issue 7, July 1998, the newsletter of the Council for Equal Opportunity in Employment

From The Management Committee

In view of recent attacks upon the Coordinator of the Gender Centre, Elizabeth Riley, the Management Committee makes her achievements on behalf of the transgender community very clear, by Leslie.

The Seahorse Society

An Introduction to the Seahorse Society of N.S.W., a brief history, their membership rules and when and where they meet, by Leslie, Seahorse Society President

Kate Cummings: Democrat Candidate for Grayndler

Katherine Cummings, who had gender reassignment surgery early in 1989, has recently been endorsed as the Australian Democrats' candidate for the Federal seat of Grayndler, by Katherine Cummings

President's Preamble

President of the Gender Centre's Management Committee on the despair he feels about the internal division and animosities at present within our community, by Col Eglington.

Coming Out Whole

The story of Caitriona Reed, Buddhist teacher and her coming out as transgender, by Caitriona Reed.

Health Report

Includes news on a new support group run by S.W.O.P. and information about a new prosthesis and a book for guys, by Phinn Borg

What It Means To Be A Man

I've always been a man, thought like one, walked like one, spoken like one. Only trouble was, since puberty, I had breasts that I couldn't hide and everyone expected me to stop being a tomboy and act like a lady, by Michael

Labels May Not Apply

The Gender Centre recently hosted it's first ever "Labels May Not Apply" workshop, for people for whom labels like "male" or "female" or "gay" or "straight" or even "bi" don't always quite fit, by norrie mAy welby

Toleration

Tolerate, is the closet, the worry that someone is going to know, the weapon of fear, is what you accept from your family, by Amy Lewis

My Story

The Joy Of Belonging: Alison writes of the joy of belonging having attended a weekend mountain retreat with a group of women, by Alison Cook

The Hermaphrodite Soul

The importance of balancing the yin and yang within each of us, whether homosexual or heterosexual, by Ib.

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