will appear an enigma. What is suggested here is that the problem inevitably becomes one of sexuality, rather than its pòses in a homo or heterosexual form. Any real integration of the homosexual will emancipate not only him but the heterosexual as well. It is postulated that many of the presumed incompatabilities stem from the conscious and unconscious pressures relative to the conventional malefemale relationship.

The ultimate objective of any analysis is a true picture of the existing condition, devoid of the emotional prejudices of either long accepted attitudes or traditional practices no matter how esteemed. Homosexuals do not desire an especial place in society but merely the assurance that they too belong and may function within its just laws and make their contributions as human beings to that society. D. M. Woods

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DISCUSSION, ANYONE?

My opinion of ONE is in general of a positive nature. I have in my possession many of the issues and I feel with each edition there has come improvement, culminating in the December issue, which was to my way of thinking the best yet.

However, I have one complaint-and a strong one it is. What place does the "gay girl" hold within the covers of your mag? Until the forthcoming February edition, she would seem to have been pretty much ignored. I can assure you that, therefore, a pretty large percentage of the "gay population" is being left out needlessly.

The "gay girl" is neither in temperament or in action much like the gay fellow. In general she is rarely to be seen in bars or other night spots, nor is she frequently even in large groups. Rather the girls come in two's, or at most five or six at a time. She is a stay at home, or if of the barring type, inhabiting small mixed bars. She is the exact opposite of the promiscuous variety so often found among the males. Within my own acquaintance, the pairs of girls have been with one another from three to eight years and longer. The alley-cat that is within all of us is forced to the background in favor of the more stable kind of home life. In other words for some one or another of psychological reasons, pairs of girls would seem better able to make a ga of living together. (This is not to say that fellows can't do it-for I know plenty who have!) It is interesting too, to notice that the gals rarely utilize the notion of "keeping another". Even to financial arrangements it seems that a 50-50 deal was preferable.

So to make a long story short, the point of view from the "gay girl" is rather different from the fellow, thus making a very good argument for the necessity of including their element more in future issues of ONE. The inherent differences between the gals and the fellows should be kept in mind, along with the remembrance of the existing close similarities. Therefore a discussion of these differences in and of itself would make interesting reading for the subscribers of ONE.

M. F.

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