Polare 18

Issued April 1997

(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.)

Editorial

Editorial to Edition 18 of Polare Magazine, by Jasper

Attention All Tranys Seeking Employment

O.D.E.O.P.E. have offered to provide a briefing to transgender people about their role and the services they offer, by Elizabeth

Western Australia Gets Transgender Law

Western Australia has joined other States with the passage of the Gender Reassignment Bill 1997, by Gail Richards

Gender Subjectivism in the Construction of Transsexualism

A paper studying sexism in diagnosis and treatment by medical caretakers, especially the psychiatric sector in relation to transsexuals, by Anne Bolin Ph.D.

What Is Gender?

An Anthropologist From Mars, by Raphael

Book Reviews

Transgender Warriors and Stone Butch Blues, both written by Leslie Feinberg and reviewed by Col Eglington

Bureaucracy Agrees To Recognise New Gender

A pre-operative transsexual successfully has her hospital records changed to reflect her true gender, by norrie mAy welby

Tripping The Light Fantastic

Staying sane and whole while in transition, by Dallas Denny

Wendy Carlos Revisited

Expanded update on Grammy award-winning transsexual composer Wendy Carlos, Author Unknown

My Story

Body of Evidence, by Marcus de Maria Arana

Transsexual Acceptance

Gail Bennett writes about her family's "acceptance" following her gender reassignment.

Why We Wrote the Book "trans-x-u-all"

Why Tracie O'Keefe and Katrina Fox wrote the book Trans-x-u-all

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