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Gender(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.) Gender and the need to identify in a way that I am comfortable, and if that means bending my birth gender then that is where I am headed. I came out to my family a month ago, it was very difficult and their reactions ranged from surprise to silence. My friends have been very understanding and supportive. I plan to change my name by the end of July, who'd of thought trying to find a name for yourself would be so difficult, by the way does anybody know a good naming book? I hope to be on a hormone program by the end of the year, now this one will be interesting. To start with I am not looking forward to being blasted in the butt every few weeks. I've been told that soon after starting the program I can expect to have hair sprouting from my face and other unmentionable bits of my body - anywhere but the back! Oh yeah, and then there is the question of the lack of hair my head may decide to keep, please don't let me go bald, just in case an emergency may arise, does anyone have a contact address for Greg Mathews, yeah yeah. I am hoping my voice will not cause me grief while it is breaking, and I have convinced myself that once it breaks I will have a fantastic voice to sing with, even if it is only in the shower with my rubber duckies. And then there is the possibility of having to deal with acne all over again, can't wait for that one not. Negatives aside I am still excited about the program. I would like to send a big thank you to all the workers at The Gender Centre, you have been very understanding and easy to talk with. Thank you my family and friends for your love and support and to my partner Dan for your endless loving support, you are most certainly one in a million. 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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