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EDITORIAL

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If there is any one popular misconception riveted in the minds of American homosexuals, and to some extent in the minds of the American population in general, it is the belief that the sexual latitude offered those living in Europe is somehow easier for the homosexual than is that of the United States. Of course, as is usual with notions of the sort, there is a certain area of truth about this one, even though in many important ways it could not be more false. The conviction is not unique with Americans either, but is shared by those Europeans, both on the Continent and in England, who are still bound by a superiority complex with respect to anything American.

A review of Juventus of Paris (November, 1960) showed the difficulty that publication had in getting a printer for its work; the lead article in this issue of ONE examines the lessening of sexual liberty or just plain personal liberty in France today under new interpretations of old

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