EDITORIAL

There is the story, already part of the lore of homophilia, of that heterosexual who was on one of those panel discussions held by a homophile organization and who was so bewildered when something he said brought down the house. His remark which caused that famous spontaneous roar of laughter from the audience of homosexuals he was at that moment looking at was: "I have never seen a happy homosexual." The silly myth that homosexuality necessitates being unhappy is widespread. Even some homosexuals have swallowed it.

Now, ONE doesn't maintain nor shout from the housetops that being homosexual automatically makes a person deliriously happy, either. Nor do we go around ringing doorbells nor put up big public signs like "Are you having more sex lately but enjoying it less?-then why not try homosexuality?" Homophilia is not a religion and we do not recruit. We don't need to.

But neither is it the commonly painted picture dredged up from the despair of The Well Of Loneliness and the sick freakishness of the weird waxworks of Krafft-Ebing, Bergler, and Masters.

ONE believes the potential happiness and the value in life as a homosexual is great, and that the study of homophilia and of the lives of great homosexuals at ONE INSTITUTE proves it.

A life is like a camera. What is taken in while living can be developed negative or positive. To only buy the negative of a picture and not develop it is foolish.

one

Alison Hunter

4