Polare 37

Issued June 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.)

Manager's Report

Report from the Gender Centre's General Manager includes information on Transgender Working Party and NSW Police Service, by Elizabeth Riley

The Top Gun Who Became R.A.F. Flight Officer Caz

An R.A.F. Officer who has flown missions over some of the world's most dangerous war zones has had a sex-change operation. Flight Lieutenant Eric Cookson is now Caroline Paige, the service's first transsexual, reprinted from The Daily Telegraph, by Rebecca English.

My Story: Laura's Day of Blood

Conventional wisdom would have it that transgendered and transsexual people are a recent phenomenon, nothing could be further from the truth, by Laura Seabrook

Transmen: My Life As A Man

I have spent the better part of my life searching for who I am. This has been a long and often rocky path but I am finally comforted in the knowledge that I am no longer walking this path alone, Author Unknown

Health Report: Top 9 Overdose Situations

The top 9 overdose situations and what to do, by Phinn Borg

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