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The views expressed here those of the writers. ONE's readers cover a wide range of geographical, economic, age, and educational status. This department aims to express this diversity.

Dear Editors:

With only a couple copies of ONE to go on, it's too early for me to try an appraisement. My dominant feeling is one of profound gratitude that our minority has gained a public medium of expression. I realize fully the tough problems you have had to confront in launching this enterprise, and will still have to confront in keeping it afloat. But your beginning gives promise of greater unfoldment and usefulness, not only for the lay public who should learn about us, but also for us who must learn more about ourselves.

Dear Editors:

WHITE PLAINS, N. Y.

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It takes great courage to do so well the task that you've undertaken; plus immense compassion for your fellow man -to be quite willing to help splinter the moral bigotry that imprisons our socalled "enlightened" society. Maybe if I had known of your publication a year ago, a dear friend of mine would not have taken her own life-if she had felt that there was some slim chance of one day being both understood and accepted. LOS ANGELES, CALIF. f

Dear Sir:

What a tragedy is ignorance. I recently made an acquaintance who in one of his more honest moments admitted to me his homosexuality. Fortunately, I was at a loss for words long enough to become interested in what he was saying. During that first short conversation new doors to understanding began to open. Our friendship continued. Sometime later, he brought me several of your magazines. I took them home that evening. As I read I became more and more horrified at what the word homosexual has meant to me for so many years.

The small details of your magazine, which I realize are not small in production, stood out as symbols of my new awareness. You give your readers the

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best; excellent illustrations, high quality lay-out and print, and dignified and intelligently written articles. By far most impressive is that you have something important to say that needs saying badly and that you are saying it well.

Americans are traditionally great organizers. So often we habitually and thoughtlessly categorize and pigeon-hole things. No one will change his ways without good reason. You have chosen your task. My best wishes and hearty congratulations go with you. And for what it's worth-you have one more person THINKING!

Gentlemen:

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I want to say that I regard November as your BEST issue yet-most excellent. The story "The Snare" I believe is much above other fiction you have had and compares very favorably with the better novels I have read. Hope you can get more by this author.

Dear Sirs:

YAKIMA, WASHINGTON

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Please convey my congratulations to the editorial department on publishing "The Snare" in the November issue. It is, in my opinion, a truly fine contribution to English language homosexual lit-

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Dear Editors:

DETROIT, MICHIGAN

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"The Triangle," "The Snare" and "Gateway"-all by Jody Shotwell, we think the best fiction you've published to date. Will you please inform subscribers if Miss Shotwell has any novels on the market--recent or not?

DES MOINES, IOWA f Editors Note: These are but three of the many, many letters we have received concerning the stories by Jody Shotwell. Our congratulations to the author, and to the readers our promise to print more of the same in future issues.

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