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Editorial(The Gender Centre advise that this article may not be 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.) Mark Twain said it takes two people to hurt you ... an enemy to say something bad about you and a friend to tell you about it. When I published my piece ("Open Letter to a Bigoted Wimp") in Polare 42 I had no idea that the victim was still unaware of the content of the article attacking her. So I was the "friend" who revealed to a member of our community that she had been the subject of her son's ignorant bigotry ... in public print and three times! I regret having published the rejoinder I composed in a white heat of rage back in 1996 when I read the Sydney Morning Herald version. At the time I tried to have my reply published in the Herald but they refused it, because, they said, there wasn't much interest in the subject (!). This was despite having devoted most of a page to the article "When Father Becomes Mother" and having supplied a grotesque illustration to add to the insult. I have apologised to the person who was the subject of the article concerned and you will find her response to her wayward, self-centered son on the letters page of this issue. Thanks to those who responded to my call for more material. I have received several items for this issue but will always welcome more. Gina Dumas' article in 42 has stirred up discussion on an Internet site devoted to Trans theory and "Creators' Corner" has also prompted some poetry and illustrations to arrive in the post and by Internet. The Profile this issue is of Col Eglington, Chairman of our Management Committee and a transman of distinction. The book review deals with a collection of short stories, each of which has the common theme of people cross-dressing, for a variety of motives. Polare is published in Australia by The Gender Centre Inc. which is funded by the Department of Community Services under the S.A.A.P. Program and supported by the N.S.W. Health Department through the AIDS and Infectious Diseases Branch. Polare provides a forum for discussion and debate on gender issues. Advertisers are advised that all advertising is their responsibility under the Trade Practices Act. Unsolicited contributions are welcome, though no guarantee is made by the Editor that they will be published, nor any discussion entered into. The editor reserves the right to edit such contributions without notification. Any submission which appears in Polare may be published on our internet site. Opinions expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect those of the Editor, The Gender Centre Inc.I, the Department of Community Services or the N.S.W. Department of Health. |
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