Polare 63

Issued May 2005

(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

The Gender Centre Manager's Report includes information about New Website, Quality Management Services and the Social and Support Worker position, by Elizabeth Riley

Editorial

What interesting times we live in! Papal funerals, royal weddings, Papal weddings, royal funerals. Such pompous circumstance! Makes you glad to be alive (as opposed I to being dead or married), by Katherine Cummings

Book Reviews

Willow Arune reviews Blind Folly by Willette Pratts and Katherine Cummings reviews Luna by Julie Ann Peters

The Sex/Law Tango Tangle

norrie discusses retrograde decisions, such as the granting of exemptions to allow Mission Australia and Edward Eager Lodge to discriminate against transgendered people, by norrie mAy welby

The Legacy of John Paul II

The sheer length of John Paul IIs ironfisted rule over the Roman Catholic Church and the impact he's had on the lives of millions of people, both good and bad, a critical eye must be used to examine his legacy, by the Most Reverend Bruce J. Simpson O.S.J.B.

The Transgender Documentary Drinking Game

I'm being a bit flippant, even dismissive of transgender documentaries but I would rather like to see a documentary where transgender people are not stereotypes, where people can see just how diverse we really are, by Gwendolyn Ann Smith

A Cross-Dressing Perspective

Cross dressers face many difficult situations in their lifetime. Self-help groups like the Seahorse Society aim to help members deal with these situations and encourage people to celebrate their diversity" />, by Lynne

Self-Esteem: The Catch 22 of Transgender

Transgender has its own built in Catch 22. You need very high self-esteem to successfully deal with being transgendered, but simply being transgendered is one of the great forces sapping your self-esteem, by Julie Peters

Transgendered Veterans "March" on Washington

A retired Navy Commander, another refueled B52 bombers. Others fought in Korea, Vietnam and Iraq. These people and perhaps hundreds more are members of what is probably the least-known U.S. military minority - transgendered troops, by Lisa Hoffman (Scripps Howard News Service)

Queer Talk, Straight Talk

As Vermont considers adding gender identity to its non-discrimination law, Peter Jacobsen has been focusing on how Vermont provides, or doesn't provide, comprehensive H.I.V. prevention to transpeople, by Peter Jacobsen

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