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Polare Archive

 

Edition Feature Articles Issue Date

Polare 84

Aged Care for Transsexuals, Wills, Enduring Guardians & Powers of Attorney; Phia's Story

July 2010

Polare 83

Jin Xing: Role Model For Millions, Syphilis: History, Recognition and Treatment

April 2010

Polare 82

The Young M.T.F. Transsexual, Young People With Transsexualism

January 2010

Polare 81

Adventures of a Watjarri Nyungar Traveller, Look Who's Morphing, Bad Language

October 2009

Polare 80

Transphobia, Abuse Is Not A Form Of Love, Book Review

July 2009

Polare 79

Seven Sexes, So What Am I?, What Is Seahorse, Sexually Transmitted Diseases Part 3

April 2009

Polare 78

Eloqui, Transgender Remembrance Day, Sexually Transmitted Infections Part 2

December 2008

Polare 77

Sexually Transmitted Infections, Down Memory Lane, 3 Book Reviews

October 2008

Polare 76

Zucker: Manipulation of Feminine Boys, Living with Hepatitis C, Documents of Identity

July 2008

Polare 75

Five Kinds of Gender, A Submission to H.R.E.O.C., Quest for Life

April 2008

Polare 74

Labor's Social Inclusion Agenda; Globalisation, Healthism and Harm Reduction

January 2008

Polare 73

Power With Grace; Stigma & Health; The Power of a Name; 3 x Book Reviews

October 2007

Polare 72

Mike & Natasha; Discrimination Sans Frontiers

July 2007

Polare 71

World's First Transsexual Man; Coming Out Transgender in Same Sex Relationships

April 2007

Polare 70

X in the Wrong Place; A Consummate Politician Accepts New Challenges

January 2007

Polare 69

Passports, the Road to Hell; Who Gets to Decide a Child's Gender; Living the Dream

November 2006

Polare 68

Out of One Closet and Into Another; Long Acting Injectable Testosterone

July 2006

Polare 67

Reviewing Silicone Implants; Gatekeepers; Trans Web Comics

April 2006

Polare 66

TransAmerica Transforms Felicity Huffman; Gender Outlaws; The Forgotten Veterans

January 2006

Polare 65

How Do I Tell My Workmates, Parents, Friends?; Margaret Stumpp; a Profile Interview

October 2005

Polare 64

A Thin Woman Trapped In A Fat Man's Body; April Ashley & Me; A Letter From Gina

July 2005

Polare 63

A Crossdressing Perspective; Self-Esteem, the Catch 22 of Transgender

May 2005

Polare 62

Organisational and Institutional Violence Against the Transgendered

March 2005

Polare 61

The Amazing Disappearing Chromosome; Lee Brown, A Tribute

January 2005

Polare 60

When Gender Isn't a Given; The Reform that Shames Australia;

November 2004

Polare 59

The Marriage Amendment Act and Transsexuals; Even in Death; On Being a Girl

September 2004

Polare 58

Emerging Pangendered; Racial Stereotyping and Transgender; Only a Crossdresser

July 2004

Polare 57

The Media View of Alex; The Case of Ewan Forbes; The Run of the Tide

May 2004

Polare 56

A Church that Cares and Accepts; Sharon Meets the Ladyboys; Transgender and Sport

March 2004

Polare 55

Julia's Home Town Welcomes Her back; Human Rights for Transgender Citizens

January 2004

Polare 54

Tales of Tiresias; What Are You?, Male? Female? or Neither of the Above?

October 2003

Polare 53

The Bailey Brou-ha-ha; Born Transsexual; Another First; 2 x Book Reviews

August 2003

Polare 52

On Acceptance and Employment; An Interview with Jane Fonda on Gender

June 2003

Polare 51

The Legal Environment Following Re Kevin; Loving a Man Who Wants to be a Woman

April 2003

Polare 50

Stephen Whittle Wins 2002 Human Rights Award; Vagina Schmagina!

February 2003

Polare 49

Tribute to Christine Jorgensen; Talking Point; 3 x Book Reviews

December 2002

Polare 48

Gay Games Gender Policy; Transformation; Health Report

October 2002

Polare 47

Health Report; My Story; Social & Support Report; Stop Press

August 2002

Polare 46

My Wife Was a Victim Too; Do Transsexuals Have a Choice; The Road Less Travelled

June 2002

Polare 45

Party or Protest; From Victim to Villain in a Single Bound; A Rose by Any Other Name

April 2002

Polare 44

Gendercide; How Many of Us Are There?; My Transsexual Father

February 2002

Polare 43

Family Court Endorses Transsexual Marriage; Lynn Conway, Superstar of the Transgender Firmament

December 2001

Polare 42

My Dad's A Woman; The Shape of Acceptance; Phallocy

October 2001

Polare 41

Metoidioplasty (Clitoral Release); Are You Getting Good Treatment?; A Plea For Help

August 2001

Polare 40

A Plague Undetected; Transmen; Health Report; Arriving in Australia with Two Sexes

December 2000

Polare 39

Reporting Transgender Violence; My View, Suicide; Transmen; Health Report

October 2000

Polare 38

A Girl Called Adam; More Transsexuals Start New Life, Keep Old Job

August 2000

Polare 37

The Top Gun Who Became R.A.F. Flight Officer Caz; Transmen; Health Report

June 2000

Polare 36

Phalloplasty Part Two; My Locus of Control; My View

April 2000

Polare 35

Phalloplasty Part One; Not My Child; Staying Around, A Strategy for Transitioning in a Small Town

February 2000

Polare 34

Law Reform Report; The Pregnant Man; Hepatitis C - The Neglected Epidemic

December 1999

Polare 33

Urethral Complications in Phalloplasty; Transitioning is Not Therapy

October 1999

Polare 32

Trans People and H.I.V.; Telling The Truth

August 1999

Polare 31

Manhood, The Big Gig; Health Report, Thrush; My Story

June 1999

Polare 30

A Letter To My Sister; Loneliness of Being Happy; Tell Them I'm a Boy

April 1999

Polare 29

Transgender Issues & Depression; Using Your Mind to Bring About Body Changes

February 1999

Polare 28

Positive Policing; A Farewell to Passing; Transmen

December 1998

Polare 27

Transgender Debate, Against Exclusion; Why We Lie; Made in Thailand; Identity

October 1998

Polare 26

Gender Mirrors; Boys Will Be Girls; Access Plus, Spanning Identities

August 1998

Polare 25

The Seahorse Society; Coming Out Whole; The Hermaphrodite Soul

June 1998

Polare 24

A Quality of Life Issue; Rich Man, Poor Man, Transsexual Woman, Spiritual Transgendering

April 1998

Polare 23

Mardi Gras Memories; Trapped in the Body of a Man; Perspectives on Transition

February 1998

Polare 22

A Fabulous Child's Story; Childhood and Gender Identity Development Repressive Abuse

December 1997

Polare 21

Trans Equity; Transgender Folk Are Creative Folk; Achieving Personal Success

October 1997

Polare 20

Fitness & Nutrition; Some Thoughts on Transition; Transitioning on the Job

August 1997

Polare 19

What Public Opinion Can Do; Almost Heaven, My Vagina; What are Dads Made Of?

June 1997

Polare 18

What is Gender; Wendy Carlos Revisited; Transsexual Acceptance

April 1997

Polare 17

Elvis Herselvis Part Two, Transgender Liberation & Care, Medicine, the Facts

February 1997

Polare 16

Elvis Herselvis Part One; Why Gender Issues? Why Now?; The Year in Perspective

December 1996

Polare 15

The Difference Between Health & Politics; Education, Employment and Changing Gender

October 1996

Polare 14

Transsexuals in Italy; Theories of Gender; Pesticides Cause Gender Change

August 1996

Polare 13

Famous Trannies; Lower Surgery; Sentencing Given on Significant Transgender Case

June 1996

Polare 12

Switched on Wendy; Trapped in the Wrong Sex; Realities, Wayne & Cheryl

April 1996

Polare 11

The Growing Rent; The Middle Way; On The Beach, I Felt Alive

February 1996

Polare 10

Being Me; Wake Up to the Facts; Telling It Like It Is

December 1995

Polare 9

Surgically Acquired Legal Privileges; Crossdressing Magic; Hormone Withdrawal

October 1995

Polare 8

Call Me Average; Famous Trannies in Early Modern Times; Sex Work Substances

August 1995

Polare 7

A Legal Victory; Tranny Mystics; Androgyny; Reflections; Finding The Balance

June 1995

Polare 6

The Golden Age of Female Trannies in Medieval Europe; Negotiating safe Sex

April 1995

Polare 5

Good Girls Do It Too; A Couple of Boys; Soft Minded Men; Love, Life & Liberty

February 1995

Polare 4

Geldings for the Gods; Your Teenager, Gender Reassignment & You

July 1994

Polare 3

The History of Condoms; Like a lady in Polynesia; Living A Dream

February 1994

Polare 2

A Day at the Doctor; American Indian Gender Crossers; So What is Seahorse?

June 1993

Polare 1

The Scene Was Mean; Great Outings of History; The History of Seahorse

February 1993

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