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your Magazine as a gift. I thought about the things I had read, and then read them over again. Now I feel I have something to say and thought you might be interested in hearing the opinion of one "straight'' man.

I am a happily married man with three. children. My oldest boy is fifteen and, quite frankly, as fine a youngster as any parent has a right to expect. Not too far from our neighborhood is a tavern notorious as a gathering place for homosexuals. One evening as we were walking home from Yankee Stadium we were oblivious to the nearness of the bar or the group gathered outside the door until we were abreast of them. At this point we were made aware of their presence by their loud and uncouth behavior, their freakish appearance, tight dungarees, and their rude stares. One bleached idiot called out, "Hey doll, what're you doing with that old man? Come home with me and you'll have a better time."

I was furious enough at that point to turn arcund and put an effective fist on a very gay nose but realized that a street brawl with such trash would accomplish nothing. Since then I have come to realize that these hoodlums are not typical of gay people in general.

Your Magazine is interested in promoting a fair and tolerant public attitude toward homosexuals. It will never come about UNLESS: people are convinced that homosexuals do not pose a threat to their children; homosexuals are brought to realize that dressing and acting in an offensive manner does them harm-even in the most outlandish clothing he is still a man doing a rather pathetic imitation of something he is not; homosexuals realize that ordinary people are entitled to go about their business without being the victims of such senseless abuse as that described above. Love is a wonderful thing

which I would not deny to anyone regardless of the shape it takes, but I can never be convinced that there is any love or dignity. to be found in shabby behavior in public restrooms. In order to be accepted any group must earn a measure of respect..

My wife and I will undoubtedly read ONE again. I hope it will look less like a little boy crying over what the big bad public has done to him and more like the same little boy trying bravely to examine his conscience and correct his shortcomings.

Dear Mr. Lambert:

Mr. C.

NEW YORK, N. Y.

Under separate cover are some clippings for "tangents." I find this a most interesting section of your publication-correction-of OUR publication. The new publication HOMOPHILE STUDIES is a great contribution to the understanding of the homosexual nature. I do not consider homosexuality a problem that exists is in the mind of the heterosexual reader and/or biased person who thinks that his way of life is the only way that men should live.

I doubt that there is any explanation as to why a man or woman is homosexual that will satisfy all. As far as I am concerned the only reasonable explanation is that it is an inherent trait. Anybody's guess is as good as the next man's. I have gotten to the point where I am tired of surveys as to the origins of homosexuality. The articles which deal with the homesexual (I would prefer the word homophile) and religions are interesting.

The Christian religion considers acts of sodomy as a sin, but it also considers acts of fornication and adultery equally sinful. This suggests that a sodomite has just as much hope for heaven as an adulterer. The Christian clergy is just as much in the dark