Polare 36

Issued April 2000

(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.)

Coordinator's Report

Report from the Gender Centre's General Manager includes information on transphobic violence, by Elizabeth Riley

My Story: My Locus Of Control

Andrew's story is different from others in that it involves a fight with his own shadow which he overcame with the help of his alter-ego Francis, by Andrew James Blair

My View

Sarah has been at university for a whole semester now, and while informed that I would find a better class of people there - she has her doubts, by Sarah J. Rutherford

Transmen: Phalloplasty Stage 2

Michael describes his sex reassignment surgery experience with Dr. David Hunter-Smith in Melbourne, by Michael

Health Report: P.E.P.

If you have had sex without a condom, shared injecting equipment, or ever had a condom break during sex, you may have been exposed to the H.I.V. virus., Author Unknown

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