their own limited circle ever became aware of the existence of a large group. Their knowledge being confined to the effeminate, the latter became the stereotype, and a conclusion was drawn that homosexuals were relatively rare, on the one hand, and flagrantly obvious, on the other. Both of these conclusions were quite erroneous.

A division of people into categories or classes is always quite arbitrary, with many overlapping from one group to another. Nevertheless, it can be said that those who travel in the gay circles find that the definitely effeminate types make up only a small minority of the entire homosexual group. It is doubtful if more than five to ten per cent of the total homosexuals population is of the flagrant or "fairy" type. In other words, not more than one out of ten or twenty can be recognized by an intelligent heterosexual, who is untrained in this sphere of activity. Yet, so ignorant are many people that even these flagrant cases, known in the homosexual lingo as being "obvious," are not always seen in their true light. These effeminate people are believed to be "sensitive" or "artistic" types (which they may be, in fact), and are said to remind the observer of actors or dancers. I call to mind an attorney who had such an obvious person working for him in the office for ten years, during which time the employee was often visited by others like him. Yet, when a crisis arose in the homosexual's life that made it necessary for him to inform his employer, the latter was absolutely flabbergasted by the disclosure. He had never suspected what was so open and unhidden that one can only marvel at the man's colossal naivete.

Yet, such cases are far from rare. In fact, they are almost common. So that one must answer the question are the recognizable homosexuals recognizable? -with a certain reservation. Yes, they are, by definition, but only by those with some sophistication and not blinded by a burning desire to avoid the truth.

Before proceeding to the more complex question of the successfully concealed homosexuality, it is interesting to note that the effeminate form a distinct subgroup within the minority group. They intermingle mainly with one another and not with all homosexuals, seldom forming friendships with the more masculine, shunned by those who conceal. Sometimes one encounters a physical alliance between the masculine and effeminate types, but this is by no means as frequent as the heterosexual public believes. More commonly, the homosexual societies express a contempt for the effeminate that is not dissimilar to the contemptuous attitude shown by heterosexuals. Thus, ironically enough, the homosexual, pleading for acceptance from the world at large, seeking tolerance and understanding, refuses to give to his own confrere any of that understanding or acceptance which he wants given to him.

There is no need to trave! far to find the sources of this contempt. Hostility displayed by one sector of a minority group against another sector of that same

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