Polare 33

Issued October 1999

(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.)

Coordinator's Report

Report from the Gender Centre Coordinator includes news on Louise Newman and the Employment Equity Specialists Association, by Elizabeth Riley

My Story: Trapped

Leisha tells her story of being trapped including telling her father at 10 years old that she wanted to become a female, by Liesha

My View

Boy George is back, but don't call it a reinvention. It's been more than 15 years since Culture Club blazed and guttered across the pop stratosphere, by Rory Young

Transitioning Is Not Therapy

For most Male to Female gender folk, the male persona is an artificial construction produced by the early adolescent individual in order to fit in and be like everybody else, by Carl W. Bushong Ph.D. L.M.F.T.

Transmen: Urethral Complications In Phalloplasty

The majority of complications that occur in female to male gender reassignment surgery relate to the urethra and this is common to all phalloplasty procedures, by David J. Ralph

Health Report: Hysterectomy

Is a hysterectomy recommended, how soon after commencing androgen treatment, are there any specific problems relating to F.T.M.s undergoing a hysterectomy?, by Steven Whittle

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