Polare 71

Issued April 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

News about the F.T.M. Community, Rainbow Sky, Women's Housing Company and Livingstone Road Health Centre, by Phinn Borg.

Editorial

Emphasis on F.T.M. issues in this edition, by Katherine Cummings.

Counsellor's Column

How will you spend the Easter break?, by Gaye Stubbs.

World First in F.T.M. Medical Research

The Gender Centre and Livingstone Road Sexual Health Clinic's plans to study the medical needs of F.T.M.'s., by Katherine Cummings and Maggie Smith.

Rage Against the Machine

Two Transsexual Men Discover the Differences Between The Sexes Is More Than Skin Deep by Jacob Anderson-Minshall.

DVD Review

: Cruel & Unusual: Documentary about the treatment of Transgender Women in U.S. Prisons, Review by Tracie O'Keefe.

The World's First Transsexual Man

Article by Transgender Zone relating the story of Lawrence Michael Dillon, the world's first Transsexual Man.

Coming Out Transgender in Same Sex Relationships

Reprinted from the Gay and Lesbian Times, an article discussing the issue of coming out as transsexual while in same sex relationships, by Brian Van de Mark.

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