IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE A FEMALE

Article appeared in Polare 31, June 1999

It's been nine months since my husband revealed he was a transvestite. I'm still coming to terms with it, but what's riling me is seeing someone I love actively embracing the very aspects of femininity that I find trivial and silly, while at the same time making statements about "getting in touch with his female nature" ... 

SO WHAT, YOU MAY ASK, DOES BOILING POTATOES HAVE TO DO WITH CROSS-DRESSING, ANYWAY?

Article appeared in Polare 29, February 1999

Stacy and Judi have a deeply loving relationship and cross-dressing, which in some marriages acts as a catalyst and a binding glue, is for them the final burr under their saddles. When discord hits their lives, it almost always ends up being blamed on cross-dressing ... 

STORIES ABOUT CROSS-DRESSING

Article appeared in Polare 43, December 2001

As 'theme' anthologies go, String of Pearls: Stories about Cross-Dressing casts a looser net than most. Although each story includes cross-dressing, the motivations vary widely. It is entertaining and should satisfy readers of eclectic taste ...

FROM A 1968 NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENT

Article appeared in Polare 1, September 1993

Before 1970, in a world without Seahorse,going out dressed in public would often lead to police action and the purchase of those 'special' items was best accomplished through a mail order house. Back in 1967, Pauline began to try and make contact with other cross-dressers ...

WELCOMING THOSE WHO CROSS-DRESS INFREQUENTLY TO THOSE WHO IDENTIFY AS TRANSSEXUAL

Article appeared in Polare 25, June 1998

The moves to form an association for heterosexual transvestites began in 1969,and culminated in the formation of the Seahorse Club in 1971. Nowadays the Seahorse Society ofN.S.W. welcomes those who cross-dress infrequently to those that identify as transsexual ...

JAPANESE ALL-FEMALE MUSICAL THEATRE TROUPE

Article appeared in Polare 12, April 1996

Formed in 1914, the Takarazuka Revue is home to the phenomenally popular all-female cross-dressing school and entertainment troupe where thousands of young girls apply each year to be one of the 40 selected, 10 of whom are accepted on the basis that they must become men ... 

LIFE-MEMBER OF THE SEAHORSE CLUB OF VICTORIA

Article appeared in Polare 38, August 2000

For those who did not know Louise Hordern, she was a life member of the Seahorse Club of Victoria, and a woman who's simple cheer and goodwill helped many a 'first time out of the bedroom closet' cross-dresser ... 

CROSS-DRESSING WITH DIGNITY

Article appeared in Polare 2, December 1993

The Seahorse Society of New South Wales is a non profit self-help group that provides a valuable service to cross-dressers, their families and friends. Operating since the 1970's, their aim is to reach out to the cross-dresser offering them a safe venue to meet with other ...