Polare 60

Issued November 2004

(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 Manager includes information about the many partnerships the Gender Centre has in place with other organisations, by Elizabeth Riley

Editorial

Editorial to the 60th Edition of Polare includes information about the articles appearing in this edition, by Katherine Cummings

When Gender isn't a Given

Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia may cause not only male-looking genitals, even in the presence of fully formed ovaries and uterus, but also personality traits and interests typically associated with boys, by Mireya Navarro

Social & Support Report

Report from the Gender Centre's Social & Support Worker includes information about upcoming events at the Centre, by Grace Abrams & Jai

Book Reviews

Transgender Emergence by Arlene Istar Lev is a very lucid and thickly packed book that should be on your therapist's shelf, and yours as well if you wish to understand this strange drive shared by those who are gender variant, by Willow Arune

Being Woman - Becoming Woman

Being a woman seems to come so easily and so readily to me now, all these years later. Where did this walk come from, these gestures, these thoughts and feelings and passions?, by Paula Kaye

Gender Centre Project, Kiwi Style

A group of New Zealander's have submitted a proposal to Wellington City Council for the development of a National Gender Centre, a hostel; and an independent information service on the site of an old hospital, by Debbie Barnes

So You Wanna Have a Sex-Change?

There are men and there are women. There are men who want to become women and women who want to become men. There are also people who are still wearing acid-washed jeans, but we're not gonna talk about them. They're freaky, from the website "So You Wanna"

The "Reform" That Shames Australia

Both Howard and Latham deserve condemnation for the ban on same-sex marriages. The recent legislation to proscribe same-sex marriage is one of the most shameful pieces of legislation that has ever been passed by the Australian Parliament, by Alistair Nicholson

Georgina Beyer M.P. Drafts New Zealand Transgender Law

Transsexual M.P. Georgina Beyer has drafted legislation she hopes will stop discrimination on the grounds of the gender a person identifies with, Author Unknown

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