much happier relation between parent and child. My own life has been enriched since learning of my son's sexual leanings.

The majority of religions still have not accepted their responsibility to inverts but many individual clerics have done so and not necessarily only the clerics who, themselves are "gay." This is a step, anyway, in the right direction.

Incidentally, the word "queer" is so far from the truth. There are so many good words to describe the invert, but not "queer."

Absolutely, homosexual acts are just as natural for them, as heterosexual acts are to the heterosexual. Indeed, one can not change what one feels in his or her heart. As a matter of fact, I very seriously doubt if there is or ever has been a husband and wife who have not at one time or other become involved in acts which are described in the various state laws as "unnatural." If this is true, and I know it to be so, then homosexuals and heterosexuals alike break the law in a very real sense.

In answer to your last question, Mr. Neal, I definitely feel that homosexuals should actively fight and contribute toward changing their situation instead of passively accepting it. They are, without any doubt at all, in the same situation as the Negro, trying to be a part of our free country. The Negro is fighting and slowly, but surely winning, and the invert must fight also. One of the first and main obstacles to abolish is this infernal display of effeminacy that many homosexuals feel they must exercise in order to be recognized.

I have practically written a book, I'm afraid, but my heart is so full on this subject that I had to answer your excellent editorial. I have quite a number of "gay" friends in California, one of my special ones being a worker for his own cause.

Just one more thing. I would so much appreciate any help or suggestions you might be able to give me, that I might be able to fulfill a long-time dream of helping parents of inverts to accept and understand this problem, and to help young or otherwise confused inverts "over the hump" so to speak. It is such a ticklish situation that I don't know where or how to start. I have a lot of time on my hands, but no overabundance of money.

Thank you for your patience in

reading this.

Sincerely,

Mrs. R. A.