Polare 15

Issued October 1996

(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.)

An F.T.M. Perspective

An exploration of the plight of the F.T.M. from the difficulties of being part of the lesbian community to the ability to visually integrate and the associated lack of a sense of community, by Max Zebra-Thyone

The Difference Between Health And Politics

What happens when one group attempts to impose it's own agenda and views on health and welfare issues, by Linda Darling

Transcending Transsexual Medicine

An essay on the idea that we suffer from a disorder of gender identity and how that is insulting and ultimately the cause of medically sanctioned genital mutilation, by norrie mAy welby

My Story

Helen writes about her drive to want to be a woman and that she quickly learnt that expressing these desires would only lead to social ostracism, by Helen

My View

Feelings and Theories by Giselle Galadriel

Education, Employment and Changing Gender

Evidence of widespread discrimination against transgender people in relation to education and employment, by Roberta Perkins

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