Polare 70

Issued January 2007

(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.)

Phinn's Report

Recent staff changes at the Gender Centre and the forming of strong partnerships with several other services, by Phinn Borg.

Editorial

Transgender Day of Remembrance and the Attorney General's Report on Violence Against Transgendered, by Katherine Cummings.

Counsellor's Column

2006 Christmas Message from the Gender Centre Counsellor, by Gaye Stubbs.

Health Report

Information on intramuscular injection, injecting hormones, anger, guilt, pain and fear, by Dash Gray.

Time to Educate Children to Accept Gender Diversity

Report on the day of remembrance celebration at Parliament House in Sydney, by norrie mAy welby.

Nostalgia is Better that it used to be

Cross dressing in Casa Susanna, North America, by Katherine Cummings.

X in the Wrong Place

A Newcastle woman had tests worth $3000 last year to prove something she already knew, by Cheryl McGregor.

A Consummate Politician Accepts New Challenges

Georgina Beyer interviewed about her life as Mayor of Carterton and as a Member of Parliament, by Jay Bennie.

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