We have never believed in the truth or effectiveness of this viewpoint. Both men and women appear to us to be here to stay-at least for a while. It hardly seems logical to believe that the nature of homosexuality is such that it will not allow a comfortable association between the sexes on any level if not in bed. It is difficult to believe that the problems facing lesbians and male homosexuals are so different that they are better solved by each working separately on their own behalf.

In fact, where the work of ONE is concerned, we have always liked and expected to have both men and women around. After all, homosexuality was our field, not just the male and female side of the subject. And, therefore, after years of this type of homogeneity and homosexuality at ONE, it never occurred to us that we would one day look around and ask "Where are the women?" But we ask the question now. And, of course, the fact that we ask it raises many other questions.

The first being, have we been wrong in our belief? Was it wrong that for many of our formative years a woman was the editor of ONE Magazine, and that her skill was applauded wholeheartedly by readers and staff alike? Was it wrong that a woman was art director of ONE Inc. from 1953 to 1963, and that she worked hand in hand with the men at ONE, and that she produced some of our best art-especially appreciated by our male audience? Was it wrong that a woman should have been the Chairman of the Board of ONE, and that several different women should have served many times as the heads of committees, and that from 1953 through 1960 women were present in all phases of ONE's work? Was it wrong, that is, from the standpoint of ONE's appeal to and effectiveness in the homophile movement? No, we think that it was valuable and natural and very healthy.

But if we were not wrong, why is it that ONE today is primarily a male organization? Have we lost the women to the Daughters of Bilitis and its Chapters throughout the United States-or to the Minorities Research Group of London? Is this what our lesbian friends really want-to be only with other women?

Where, we ask, are the women who think like the men in ONE? Women, that is, who believe that a rational and modern approach to the working for equal rights for all homosexuals calls for organizations that encourage participation by all homosexuals? For women to work in one camp and men in another can only tend to lessen the forcefulness of the homosexual message. We keep expecting some women to come along again who believe as we do in unifying the aims and purposes of homosexuals no matter which sex thev belong to. But until we are able to attract a few more women to our point of view, ONE must remain a somewhat onesided affair.

Don Slater, Editor

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