Polare 39

Issued October 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 the NSW Police Service Transgender Policy, Gay Games and the Anti-Discrimination Board, by Elizabeth Riley

Reporting Transgender Violence: Encounters With The Police

This article arises out of research conducted in Sydney between May and July 2000 into experiences of violence of transgender persons and subsequent reporting of this violence to police, by Elizabeth Riley

My View: Suicide, A Painful Reality

Suicide, it's not a nice thing, but it is a reality for many people in the Transsexual community, as proven by the many who have tried and failed, and those who sadly, succeeded, by Sarah J. Rutherford

Book Review: Transgender Warriors

An in depth review of the book, Transgender Warriors, by Leslie Feinberg, Reviewed by Bent Bastard

Transmen: Era of the Gender Crosser

, by Mary McNamara of the Los Angeles Times

Health Report: Brazil's Unconventional AIDS

Jacqueline Rocha turns heads, but she isn't the latest Brazilian fashion model to conquer the catwalks. Ms. Rocha, nee Jacques Rocha Cortes, is a transsexual who is infected with H.I.V., the virus that causes AIDS, by Miriam Jordan of the Wall Street Journal

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