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i have just completed a perusal of the MATTACHINE REVIEW (Feb 1956) and find it most interesting. informative and intelligently edited I hope that this level is not varied in the future

is only with sadness that I You see. I haven't the write this moral courage or intestinal fortitude As most to uphold my convictions. of us who are interested in a sens:ble integration with society. I wish to help. both financially and with all of the time I could possibly spare However, because at this I this time can only cheer in bland passiveness. I will at least be one more on whor.. you can depend sometime in the near future

Most of us. I suppose, are idealists in a sense. and we attempt in our snall way to better ou: lives and the world around us But too often we forget tha. there are many others. who may not be as lortunate as our selves Within our own ranks there is discrimination. no! only on the racial plane. but through the odd medium of or social standards Too olten we neglect to admit to our. selves that one cannot close his eyes to those of us who do need help and the backing to survive in a hostile community There is truth in the adage that no ideal is as good as a fact, and unless common sense is used the actual attainment of an ideal becomes nothing more than disillusionment To see that which is right, and fail to do it, is a complete lack of principle as well as courage There are three kinds of people in this world the wills, the won'ts and the can'ts The first group accom. plishes. the second opposes, and the 34

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Nothing can be done if a lackadaisical attitude prevails There mus: be a surge toward the goal we are all seeking And we can build a solid future by standing behind a solid organization like the Mattachine Society and propagate further understanding that is desperately needed Ignorance may be bliss, but knowledge is blessedness' The rights we DO have must not be abused, but must be strengthened

I only hope to see the day when we can finally come out of the shadows. hold our heads up high and shout to the world-We are equal basically to al men-you are not superior to us nor are we to you Accept us as we are, or deny us and impair the very liberties you enjoy

-MR. G. R. M., California

Review Editor:

Recently I was asked to lecture to an undergraduate society at Oxford, and was quite unprepared for the reception I got, which couldn't have been more enthusiastic if I'd just swum the Channel. I let fly at the Law in a big way. pulling no punches, and the whole thing was reported in the local press, which said that the audience applauded Mr. Wildeblood long and loud, both before and after his speech"

Things seem to be going quite well here The report of the Home Office Committee is expected next month, and I hear that it definitely will recommend a change in the law as far as consenting adults is con-

cerned An Action Committe is being set up to push the change through Parliament, and there's quite an impressive list of politicians who are on our side One of the

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best Labour M. Ps. Christopher May. hew, is to discuss the subject on TV at the end of the month, and later the Oxford Union is getting up a debate at which I shall speak I'm giving two more lectures this month too-all for free, of course! -Mr. Wildeblood. don, England.

Peter

Lon.

Editor's Note: Mr. Wildeblood is the author of a recent British volume. AGAINST THE LAW. His second book, A WAY OF LIFE, is due to be published in England in Oc.o. ber of this year.

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I hate to register a complaint. since my article Homosexuality. Morality was and Religion ̈ cleanly and legibly printed But it happens that two small errors did creep in, one of which completely reverses the meaning of the quo tation from Whitman's DEMOCRA. TIC VISTAS. Whitman wro.e I con fiden.ly expect a time when there will be seen running like a half-hid warp through all the myriad audible and of visible worldly interests America, threads of manly inenship, fond and loving (not "fun" and loving). pure and sweet, strong and life-long, carried to degrees hitherto unknown The text as printed in

the MATTACHINE REVIEW read 1 confidently expect a time when there will NOT be seen Perhaps

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these errors occurred in my own copy. perhaps th your offices Or perhaps they were Freudian slips of the linotype machine. one ex. pressing an unconscious pessimism on somebody's part. At any rate the first is a rather big little mistake and I would appreciate it if you would correct it.-Mr. Luther Allen. Baltimore. Md.

Editor's Note: The errors occurred at the printer's and we failed to catch them in our proofreading. Our apologies.

Review Editor:

In reply to Mr N B of Toronto. many of homosexuals regard

our inversion as a handicap because it precludes a complete life. And no life is complete emotionally or without the extension biologically without the of love in the upbringing of children. of one's own And this limitation on our lives imposed upon us in our childhoods COULD have been prevented in most cases! But just be. cause I would prefer to be heterosexual, or at least bisexual, does not mean I do not accept myself as a homosexual and do not cherish the beauty and spiritual significance of homosexual love So would I prefer to have a skin type which tans, but I accept my skin which burns

Whether the exclusively homosexual person is "emotionally crip

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