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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

Jude

July 3, 2012 by 55Upitty

…the older I get the more serenity I find.  When I was a young feminist we called respected older women crones – that would suit me. As time passes I grow more comfortable with myself – age empowers me… I saw the film of Calamity Jane when I was ten, and it just stuck with me.  I always wanted a cowgirl suit, not one with a skirt, the boy’s one with pants.  When I see that film now the lesbian sub-text is such […]

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