Polare 46

Issued June 2002

(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

Sadly there are still individuals and groups within the community that choose to distance themselves in one form or another from other individuals and groups, and this distancing seems to occur for a variety of reasons, by Elizabeth Riley

Editorial

Katherine writes about the debate that exists about suggestions that we throw in our lot with the gay and lesbian movement, in order to capitalise on their numbers and considerable progress toward human and legal rights, by Katherine Cummings

My Wife was a Victim too

Kim writes about how her partner has been a victim in her transition also. How her partner's dreams and expectations have also had to be altered, by Kim

Do Transsexuals have a Choice?

I believe that we have no choice about being born with a predisposition to transgender, no choice to be transsexual or whatever other word you use to describe it, but we do choose what we want to do about it, by Callan Williams

Drugs are Dangerous, Drugs can Kill

Why as a transsexual was I never made aware of the possible effects that H.R.T. would have on me, by Kathy Ann Noble

My Story

Sam describes how during his childhood he believed himself to be a boy, and vowed to one day show the world that this was the truth, by Sam Davies

Health Report

If feminization is to occur in a genetic male, There must be an increase in estrogens as well as a decrease in testosterone, by Unkbown Author

The Road Less Traveled

No, I'm not talking about the difficult road we all know so well, but the even harder way that is taken by those of us who choose to turn back, because they cannot bear to hurt the ones they love and who love them, by J, D, N, & T.

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