IN THIS ISSUE OF THE TAPESTRY

ARTICLES

• Eunuch of the Sun - In the depths of the winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible sun
• Transitioning Is a Great Social Filter - Forty-three years of doing Pete was enough... now I understood
• There's a New Doc in Town, and She's One of Us! - An interview with Dr. Marci Bowers ~ award winning OB/GYN
• Transformed by HIV/AIDS - As long as I was dying from AIDS, my transgender demons were quiet
• The Fifth International Congress on Sex and Gender and the Gay Games in Australia - The second installment of our trip to the land down under
• Gallery Night - Opening of the country's first GLBT History Museum
• Ride With Us! - Engendered Species in Salt Lake City, Utah
• Rite of Passage - When I finally came out, I was scared to death to tell Jan
• Sometimes Your Wishes Do Come True - How many of us wished the Boob Fairy would visit us
• On Inequality, Activism, and Writing a Good Political Letter - Political Letter Writing 101
• Viewpoint: Why the Bailey Controversy Is Important - Bailey is but one arm of the latter-day attack on transsexualism
• The Ups and Downs of J. Michael Bailey - A timeline of a controversial author's path

JOURNAL

• Will Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis Offer the "Final Solution" to Homosexuality and Gender Variance?
• Playing with Barbies: The Role of Female Stereotypes in the Male-to-Female Transition

INTERVIEW

• Calpernia Addams: A Modern Day Christine Jorgensen

POETRY

• Poems - by Jane C. and Chelsea Clark

COLUMNS

• Ask Ari - Arlene Istar Lev
• Gender Spectrum - Li Anne W. Taft
• And That's the Way It IS - Monica F. Helms
• The Power of Clothing - Miqqi Alicia Gilbert

REVIEWS

• The Man Who Would BE Queen: The Science of Gender-Bending and Transsexualism
• The Man Who Would be Janice Raymond

DEPARTMENTS

• From The Bridge - Moonhawk River Stone
• A Word From The Editor - Dallas Denny
• Letters
• Professional Listings
• I.F.G.E. Synchronicity Bookstore