anyone trying to explain the cause of heterosexuality. And that is certainly just as much a mystery. Suppose we simply accept the fact that homosexuality exists.

Until homosexuality is accepted as a way of life there will always be those who find that they must live in the shadows in a semi-underworld, or perhaps a better name for it would be a "moral twilight zone."

It is a curiosity that never ceases to amaze me that the so called "trade" or passive homosexual wants or demands compensation for his participation in the homosexual act. Younger homosexuals in particular seem to be so much in love with themselves that they believe that anyone would be anxious to have sexual relations with them-and for pay. Some solicit boldly in public places developing for themselves a reputation that cannot contribute positively to the image that homophiles would like the public to have of them. But then again this might be all that can be expected of the selfish element in the homophile society.

Some hustling homosexuals never go through with the sex act. And perhaps they never intend to do so. They lead their unsuspecting victims on till they have them in a compromising position and then they begin their "wounded manhood" routine. They demand cash or threaten violence or both if the victim does not come through with the demanded amount. The victim unwilling to do anything that would create a scandal, pays.

The ease with which the hustlers can obtain money from their victims has undoubtedly suggested to some that blackmail might be a most profitable venture. Some reports seem to indicate that the police might be unsympathetic to the homosexual victims of a blackmail plot. It has also been proven that vice-squadders have

had their own homosexual wants satisfied before making arrests. And certain unscrupulous vice-squadders have not been above blackmail.

Another variety of the young homosexual hustler is the so-called "tough guy" or "muscle boy." He parades his masculinity before his comrades but left to himself he pursues the homosexual for real sexual gratification. These phony he-men don't want to admit that they are in reality homosexuals. They want everyone to believe that they are just as virile as their muscles seem to suggest. And especially anxious are they to have their homosexual partners know that they are not really "queer" but that they are doing it "just for the money" and therefore it is all right. When alone the muscle boy is a pliable and willing sexual partner but when with his comrades the biggest satisfaction seems to be to lure homosexuals on and beat them up.

Financial compensation undoubtedly salves their consciences and strangely enough they do think that it helps to restore a lost masculinity.

The search for masculine identification is not confined to the passive homosexual youth however. Many a young man has felt compelled to prove his virility. It has been suggested by some that the sex gangs with their mass sexual orgies have roots in this passion for proving masculinity. And than one writer has suggested that the "innocent" practice of double-dating is nothing less than an effort on the part of the youth to play the man in front of his buddy. Perhaps the strong doubt lies in his buddy's opinion of him? It would seem unlikely that the doubt lies with the girl. If not his buddies and not his dates, does the doubt lie within his own mind?

If this should be the case, it would