Gentlemen:

God bless you, fellows; you're really doing something great! I'm sure I'm only one of many, many young men who find the very fact that ONE is being published the finest thing, almost, that's happened in my life time and the augur of better things to come. The fact that you are volunteers, enduring, without pay, all the hardships and unpleasantries, should mean that every member of the fraternity ought at least to tell you the truth: that you deserve credit you'll never get and that all of the million or so or more of us genuinely appreciate it all.

For some reason there is a natural tendency to lapse into the vernacular when dealing with one of the in-group. And perhaps it's just as well, for it better expresses that genuine feeling of friendship and appreciation which this letter is meant to convey. Some day, when the press of earning a living is not so urgent, I want to do a better job and send you some words re The Subject which I hope will prove of some interest and benefit. Right now I shall be content to send you the enclosed attempts at verse, which you may use if you wish, though I shall quite understand if you decide they're worthless! I wish I might make a contribution in the form of money, but that's out now.

I am sending my check for $1.50 for Nos. 1 & 2 (Jan. and Feb.) and March and April. My subscription started with May.

the 'Egg-sized cuff-link' type who just can't be bothered. The majority of your readers, I am sure, are of the more substantial type, who even by their "butch" appearance eliminate themselves from the category your writer (though-unquote!-I suspect he's on the editorial staff, just up to all this for the hell of it!) so generously relegates us all to. Homosexuals are people. Period. Swish or butch, they ARE worth bothering with, even though they might not have the intelligence to bother with it all, as the author says. Do we wish to bring equality, for instance, ONLY to those Negroes who realize what it means, who are "worthy" of it, who are intelligent, cultured, sincere, valuable citizens? The answer, in relation to all minority groups, is obvious.

Now let me suggest ONE REASON WHY your little magazine WILL last: to wit, EVERYONE of us (and that's a lot) when we know about it will support it. Our natural curiosity-even more, our delight simply in seeing the word homosexual printed, our universal belief that popular knowledge of our life will lessen the hostility we endure when known-these things will make us all want to have every issue. You yourselves indicate that the sure way to zooming sales for any mag is to publish an article queers-why should anyone imagine the same won't be true re a mag that is exclusively gay?

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Some comments will not wait for that Finally, let me say the very fact your maga"better letter." Re SIX REASONS WHY, zine IS being published (Oops! OUR magaetc., I'm sure every member of the fraternity zine) proves one thing: the situation's imwill resent #6. To protest would be repetiproving. Personally I thank Mr. Kinsey, for tious, but I would like to point out that, as with all the failures of his statistical method, is well known by the sophisticated, only the he's brought the subject out in the open, minority of the group can be considered as indicated its popularity-and touched with

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