Polare 29

Issued February 1999

(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.)

From The Editor

The Polare Editor explains that this is the third edition in a trial three 44 page editions and that there has been an encouraging number of contributions from our community in this issue, by Craig Andrews

Manager's Report

Report from the Gender Centre Manager includes news on Counselling, Department of Education & Training, Women Only and Transgender versus Transsexual, by Elizabeth Riley

Federal Judge Rules for Transsexual Denied Hormones While In Prison

A Transsexual who was formerly a state prison inmate will receive damages from the State Department of Corrections for arbitrarily cutting off her hormone therapy when transferred between prisons, by Bill Wallace, San Francisco Chronicle

My Story

A life of struggling through a homophobic family life in the working class western suburbs and bullying at Fairfield Boys High, but surviving, as most of us do, by Eva

Minto Bush Camp Report

We went on a weekend camp at Minto Bush Camp with some other guys and girls from The Gender Centre. The camp is located in bushland overlooking the Georges River near Minto, by Jessica & Andrew Blair

My View: Gender Discrimination, Victimisation and the Illusion of Legal Protection

Equality, legal protection, freedom from discrimination and victimisation are there for everyone, providing they stay within the parameters of the acceptable social and societal standards, by Sarah Rutherford

Phinn's Report

Our attendance at the Welfare Expo, the second time we have been invited to attend this event, by Phinn Borg

Using Your Mind To Bring About Body Changes

The mind is a powerful tool that we fail to use to its maximum potential. However, when we do, we can bring about changes to our body naturally to enhance our shape, by Jan Sky

Transmen: When Genes Don't Fit

The Story of Kitt Kling, and his struggle grappling with his intense feeling of really being a male. He coped with stoic resignation, by Bob Roehr

Why Don't You Want To Be A Woman Or A Man?

Gender roles are always limiting for the simple reason that they are scripts, artificial stereotypes based on averages rather than true self expression, by Jennifer Dianne Reitz

Potatoes And Cross-Dressing

My wife and I have been dealing with my cross-dressing and how it fits into our relationship since before we were married ten or so years ago, by Stacy & Judi Clement

Sean's Report

Social and Support Worker's Report includes the Minto Bush Camp, Sexpo and a Young People's Workshop, Sean Taylor

A Different Way of Being

I describe myself as a tattooed, leather-wearing, motorbike-riding butch bear and also a most-op M.T.F. transsexual. These are facets of my identity, each contributing to the whole of who I am., by Kylie Paintain

Klinefelter's Syndrome

A Klinefelter's Syndrome body matures to a female environment. It begins producing oestrogen, and it begins saving up energy (in fat) which the body will then flush out of the system at menstruation, by David Brager

Transgender Issues & Depression

Depression is the leading mental health issue faced by transgender persons and as such, it does not mean that having a transgender identity or cross-dressing is pathological or mentally disordered, by Gianna E. Israel

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