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Katherine

February 24, 2014 by 55Upitty

I am 78, approaching 79 years old.  Ageing is inevitable so there’s no point worrying about it.  I’d prefer to be 39, but there it is. From my earliest memory I wanted to be female.  That feeling never left me, no matter the social circumstances around me.  I realised I could do something about it when I was seventeen, but I was 52 when I began my transition. I could not hurt people who loved me and depended on me up […]

Categories: Academics, Activists, Lesbians, Librarians, Uncategorized • Tags: age, ageing, ageism, Anti Discrimination Act, australia, Australian Human Rights Award, Bentham, Bigotry, Community, Death, discrimination, Electrolysis, Gender Centre, Genitalia, Kerry Fluhr, lesbian, Lord Chesterfield, marriage, Naturalisation, Nick Stathopoulos, older people, portraits, Sea, sex, sexuality, Tax, trans, transgender, transition, writing

Beatriz

January 14, 2014 by 55Upitty

I’m old.  Not inside.  Inside I’m still very young.  But I’m proud to say that I am seventy one. I grew up in Rosario, in Argentina.  When I was eighteen I saw a documentary about Bondi Beach, and I really wanted to come and see it.  When my father died, I asked my sister if she’d come here with me. My mother was against it.  She asked; “Why do you want to go there?  There’s no women there.”  But it […]

Categories: Academics, Artists, Feminist, Grandparents, Lesbians, Mothers, Professionals • Tags: abortion, acting, Argentina, art, australia, Bondi, books, Buddhism, Catholicism, children, counselling, creative writing, discrimination, Doctorate, drag queen, education, feminism, feminist, gay, gym, Kerry Fluhr, lesbian, mother, psychologist, psychology, relationships, sex, shoes, Spanish, sydney, TAFE, theatre, yoga

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