homosexuals. The heterosexual man couldn't spend much time with his wife and the homosexual who never married was ridiculed.

Those were the days when one type of man, the bisexual, lived a splendid sort of life, simple and honest. Our machine age allows no type of man to live a splendid life no man in his entirety. Edward .., Texas

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Dear Mr. Slater:

Denison

I must protest when some people venture to preach that a homosexual cannot love a female physically or spiritually. I have heard this mouthed many times but have myself loved many people of both sexe, therefore I am labelled a bisexual. Does this "erotic-psychic schizophrenia" (my own quaint terminology) connote my being classified as not a true sexual variant of the gay set?

True, I am not a transvestite. I'm not a swish or a nelly. I look and behave just like any other man, but I still enjoy having sexual intercourse with a woman.

All in all the gist of the problem lies with the individual. I totally agree that the homosexual must come to grips with the necessity of developing a sensible and practical code of ethics in order to battle the legions of the malicious and ignorant antihomosexual prudes; it is a do-or-die sine qua non.

Gentlemen:

Mr. C. Bryan, Texas

"Let's Push Homophile Marriage" (June, 1963) was excellent, but those cover sketches! It is evident that the artist M. H. issued little discretion in picturing the limp-wrist fag on the back cover. In the name of all that is good, please never use such indecent and degrading covers again. I am chagrined that the editorial staff lacked the foresight to see the degradation. Would you dare show this cover and back page to those in society? The sketches are of the type you yourself have been telling, through your Magazine, to behave and stop flaunting homosexuality on the Boulevard.

If possible, I would like to suggest another section in your Magazine entitled "Helpful Hints for Those Who Don't Know,' for example:

If you go to gay bars to cruise, get to know your bartenders or the waiters. Then if you see someone you would like to invite home for a night cap, and if you have any doubts, merely ask the bartender if he knows him. If he doesn't, forget it.

Watch out for crowded bars as the management cannot always know what's happening on the floor, which breeds much promiscuous physical action, which in turn is an open invitation for the vice squad. Don't be resentful when the employees caution you against certain actions, as it is for your own protection. Be thankful when you leave a bar and see a sign warning you "Don't Jay Walk." A sign like that is for your own protection for if they can't pick you up on one charge you can be sure they are outside waiting to pick up those who violate another law.

Another thing which puts the heat on a bar is the individual who doesn't find a partner before closing time and seems to feel that twenty or thirty minutes of walking around the area will suffice. This causes the neighbors to complain and naturally the blame falls on the bar. If you must walk the streets after 2 a.m. (foolish ones) don't do it in the area of a gay bar. Protect your meeting places and their reputations, even if you don't care about your

own.

Would a filibuster in Congress be of any help. I understand this method was used in England. If qualified, and a homosexual ran for councilman in his district, how much help could he be to the movement?

Mr. B. Hollywood,

FREEDOM MARCHING

Dear Mr. Slater:

California

The interview with the teenager (September, 1963) was rather interesting but there should have been more of it. I think that there should have been more more details as to the type of homosexuality this person indulged in. The cover, by Korf, was good. The boys pictured appear to be part of a soccer team. I wondered if any of these lads had had homosexual experiences, but of course I will never know.

All intelligent homosexuals should have been interested in the Freedom March on Washington by the Negroes. Perhaps the gay peope can learn something from them. If homosexuals and those who sympathize with them wrote to their state legislators asking for changes in the laws pertaining to voluntary, adult homosexual behavior perhaps some changes for the better would come about.

After all, homosexuals, like other groups pay taxes and have a right to be heard. The Negroes have a song, "We Shall Overcome," which the homosexuals could adopt also. Perhaps the gay people will indeed overcome some day.

Elliott Castor Sarasota, Florida

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