Issued January 2012

Manager's Column

Report from the Gender Centre's Manager includes information regarding the improvements to the services that the Centre provides, by Phinn Borg

Editorial

Editorial to the 90th edition of Polare, the 50th edited by Katherine Cummings and one that expresses sadness at the passing of yet another icon of Sydney's Transgender history.

Carmen Rupe, Transgender Icon, Rest In Peace

Carmen Rupe, often referred to as a transgender icon on both sides of the Tasman, this remarkable woman died on December 15 after some months of ill-health following a fall earlier in the year., by Katherine Cummings

Storm in a D-Cup

arly in January 2012 an advertisement for Libra stirred up controversy by ostensibly portraying a tall woman competing in the use of cosmetics (mascara and lip-gloss) with a shorter woman in the powder room of a night club, by Katherine Cummings

Pride and Diversity

In November I was privileged to be invited to attend and speak at the Pride in Diversity Conference in Sydney which was set up to promote acceptance of L.G.B.T.I people in the workplace, by Liz Ceissman

The Counsellor's Column

Counselling – what is it all about and what should you expect? For the first-timer, coming to counselling can be a daunting experience., by Anthony Carlino

My Struggle with Identity

I have chosen the title of this piece very deliberately because for much of the earlier part of my life (up to 67) my difficulty had been precisely that, no more, no less, by Marika K. Jackson

What You Thought About Polare

A detailed assessment of results to the survey sent with Polare 89 regarding your thoughts about Polare magazine, by Katherine Cummings

Transgender Day of Remembrance Report

The Transgender Day of Remembrance in 2011 was held for the second time in Parliament House, courtesy of Penny Sharpe, M.L.A., by Katherine Cummings

The Panic Defense is Under Fire

Father Paul Kelly is taking up the cudgels against a plea for mitigation of violence using the "panic defence", usually an assertion that the victim of violence had made a homosexual advance to the perpetrator.

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