Polare 42

Issued October 2001

(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.)

Manager's Report

Report from the Gender Centre's Manager includes news about the Transman Exhibition and the Transgender Working Party, by Elizabeth Riley

Editorial

My thanks to those who contacted me to tell me what they thought of Issue 41 of Polare. Most of the comments were favourable but even the negative ones were useful and may have their effect on future issues., by Katherine Cummings

Megan And Kaz Meet David, Result ... Success!

Kaz and Megan couldn't be more different as people or in terms of their lived experiences as trannies. But the one thing they have in common is their attitude to life and in particular how they live it. The word uncompromising comes to mind., by David Wallace, Options Employment Services

My Dad's A Woman

When I was six years old, I realised that my Dad wore women's clothing. Looking back, it's a wonder I hadn't twigged before that Dad would come home from work dressed as a man and suddenly mum would announce Auntie Diane's coming for tea, by Gareth

Phallocy

Jay Sennett has been in the trans community since 1994 and his recent video, "Phallocy", has been playing around the United States, Reprinted from F.T.M. Newsletter #49 Summer/Fall 2001.

The Shape Of Acceptance

In this paper I have pressed very firmly my belief that there is a core or control form of self-acceptance that takes pre-eminence in human psychology. This self acceptance being that our body's sex, and the gender role appropriate to that sex, by Gina Rochelle Dumas

Book Review: Crossing, A Memoir

Crossing is particularly shrewd ... and offers a sound critique on how society uses psychiatric judgement to mask normative prejudices, reviewed by Beatrice Faust

My Story: Being M.T.F. Transsexual, Then And Now

In earlier years, I thought I had reached a lasting accommodation with being transsexual. In my middle years, I seem to have unfinished business. These are reflections of transsexual services in Australia then and now., by Sharon, Canberra

Open Letter To A Bigoted Wimp

Response to an article by Stephen Gunther entitled My Transsexual Father, in which he aired his self-centered, ignorant and bigoted views concerning his father who had transitioned as a male to female transsexual late in life, by Katherine Cummings

Health Report: Guide to Healthful Living for People With H.I.V.

H.I.V. affects your nutritional status. Studies have shown that people with H.I.V. tend to eat less than people who are H.I.V. negative, by Halley Low

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