Polare Magazine & Archives
First published by the Gender Centre in 1993, Polare Magazine has developed a reputation of being a vital source of information, news, views, opinions and stories for transgender people and others within the sex and gender diverse communities.
Polare Magazine is published quarterly in Australia by The Gender Centre Inc. which is funded by the Department of Family & Community Services under the S.A.A.P. program and supported by the N.S.W. Health Department through the AIDS and Infectious Diseases Branch. Polare provides a forum for discussion and debate on gender issues. Unsolicited contributions are welcome, the editor reserves the right to edit such contributions without notification. Any submission which appears in Polare may be published on our internet site. Opinions expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect those of the Editor, The Gender Centre Inc., the Department of Family & Community Services or the N.S.W. Department of Health.
Polare Magazines are available for download from The Gender Centre, and are available in PDF format. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader or similar to view and print P.D.F. files. If you don't have Acrobat Reader you can download it for free at the Adobe website.
August 2001
Metoidioplasty (Clitoral Release); Are You Getting Good Treatment?; A Plea For Help
December 2000
A Plague Undetected; Transmen; Health Report; Arriving in Australia with Two Sexes
October 2000
Reporting Transgender Violence; My View, Suicide; Transmen; Health Report
August 2000
A Girl Called Adam; More Transsexuals Start New Life, Keep Old Job
June 2000
The Top Gun Who Became R.A.F. Flight Officer Caz; Transmen; Health Report
April 2000
Phalloplasty Part Two; My Locus of Control; My View
February 2000
Phalloplasty Part One; Not My Child; Staying Around, A Strategy for Transitioning in a Small Town
December 1999
Law Reform Report; The Pregnant Man; Hepatitis C - The Neglected Epidemic
October 1999
Urethral Complications in Phalloplasty; Transitioning is Not Therapy
August 1999
Trans People and H.I.V.; Telling the Truth
June 1999
Manhood, The Big Gig; Health Report, Thrush; My Story
April 1999
A Letter To My Sister; Loneliness of Being Happy; Tell Them I'm a Boy
February 1999
Transgender Issues & Depression; Using Your Mind to Bring About Body Changes
December 1998
Positive Policing; A Farewell to Passing; Transmen
October 1998
Transgender Debate, Against Exclusion; Why We Lie; Made in Thailand; Identity