n the New York Times Sheela-Marie Padgett says: “I do feel like sometimes I have to be more feminine than anyone else,” said Ms. Padgett, the onetime New York City Ballet dancer. “There have been so many times when I’ve Read more…

A TRANSGENDER woman encouraged to have a £10,000 ($19,000) sex change by Katie Price wants to become a man again — because it’s “exhausting” being a woman. Chelsea Attonley, who was born a boy called Matthew, said she is tired Read more…

What defines being a woman It is commonplace in the transgender community to hear the assertion: “I am a woman inside”. This claim increasingly attracts my curiosity, to the extent that I frequently challenge people to explain what exactly they Read more…

Is it true that society doesn’t currently accept Transgenders?I watch the mixed reception that others either receive in society or more often fear they will receive. Whilst I don’t present in a gender ambiguous way at work (or I try Read more…

I guess you know the feeling? Something is obvious to everyone, it’s embarrassing to others, but yet no one says anything about it? Well I have something obvious and embarrassing that I think we should talk about in these forums. Read more…

Choosing a name is often an important start in our journey of understanding ourselves. But we often make that choice very early in our journey of discovery. Which means we choose a name without any real understanding of its implications Read more…

This article was written in 2003 for the magazine of Seahorse NSW “Mummy when I grow up I want to be a nurse” From an early age most of us are able to separate our ambition and dreams from reality. Read more…