Polare 51

April 2003

(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

Neglected Communities speech presented by Elizabeth at Parliament House on February 25th 2003, by Elizabeth Riley

Editorial

Editorial to Polare Edition 51 includes a New Idea article on Elizabeth Riley, a television documentary about Elizabeth Riley and her speech at Parliament House, by Katherine Cummings

Book Review

The Woman I Was Not Born To Be: A Transsexual Journey by Aleshia Brevard, reviewed by Linda Heidenreich

Mum's The Word

Article about Elizabeth Riley, her transition and her coming out to her daughter Chenji, by Rachel Lloyd

U.T.S. Is Gender-Aware, Make The Most Of It!

O.U.T.S. Action Collective is a collective that provides support and resources for all transgendered students, intersex students and those questioning their gender identity, by Michelle Sparks and Joni Gear

Social & Support Report

A report on the few events so far this year that have met with mixed responses, by Nicole Moore

Kind Hearts Do Not A Prison Make, Nor Coronets A Cage

I am a 61 year old pangendered person, almost exclusively heterosexual man when expressing myself as a man, and am an almost exclusively trans lesbian woman when expressing myself as a woman, by Jenny Lovelace

The Legal Environment Following Re: Kevin

New perceptions and strategies for effective law reform in respect of the legal rights of people who experience variation in human sexual formation and expression – a discussion paper, by Rachael Wallbank

Gender Outlaw Moves Into New Territory

Gender Outlaw, Kate Bornstein, takes time out from her new play 'Strangers in Paradox' to talk about her past, by Dave Ford, San Francisco Chronicle

Loving A Man Who Wants To Be A Woman

With Transgender being the focus of two upcoming cable movies, "Normal" and "Soldier's Girl", this article takes a look at the way transgender characters are portrayed in movies and on television, by Diane Werts, Staff Writer, Newsday

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