Mattachine Society, Inc.

THE BERGLER ISSUE:

SAMPLES TWICE SIFTED

Mattachine REVIEW

NUMBER 5

Some readers of the REVD ted solely to a discussion Edmond Borgler, M.D. (Hew not a little displeased.

"Why waste the space on such "I hope the Bergler issue DO bate to think of anyone malding! other.

ation of a complete edition delity: Disease or Way of Life?" Mang, 1956; 302 p. $5) were

al, some asked.

Hinduce readers to buy the book...I out of crap like that," wrote an-

that is wrong about letting be known that we as a special invert group simply don't like the book? This I don't dig," wrote a third. Re went ons "There is supposed to be something very bad about what's known as 'special pleading. I've never been able to understand why. Why must I or anyone--pretend to an impartiality and disinterestedness I certainly do not feel and which is, in fact, a fiction. Where homosexual quesHions are concerned and I am involved, a frankly interested party, I an partial and partisan to the hilt. I make no bones about it, and make no apologice and see no reason why I should. Should an accused on trial be expected to present pros and cons? Not at all-it is instead proper for him to put his best foot forward, to fight and win his case."

The following pages contain a variety of comment on the controversial book, and perhaps some of it is repetitious and not worth printing. But the comment comes from a wide variety of places-professionally, goographically, intellectually, and from the standpoint of personality orientation.

But from one approach or another, these writers have seen that Doctor Bergler has sifted his samples twice before he selected his candidates for the "cure" he professes to have affected in such a high percentage of cases. We hope our readers remember that in reading the comment. Dr. Bergler did not counsel those persons with homosexual problems who had no basis for believing they wanted to become heterosexual and could.

Credit is hereby given the NEW LEADER, weakly publication of The Aerican Labor Conference on International Affairs, Inc., New York, for a review, letters and comment which it published and which have been reproduced in this issue.

VOLUME III

MAY 1957

CONTENTS

ARTICLES!

SAMPLES TWICH SIFTED Editorial Comment.

TER MALADY OF SEXUAL INVERSION Gilbert Cant..

DEAR EDITOR: Replies from Homosexuals..

THE OMITTED FINAL PARAGRAPH....

INSULT ADDED TO INJURY by Peter Jackson..

FROM ONE DEGREE TO ANOTHER by Robert Phillips, H. D......11

IF THE CAT CAN LOOK AT THE KING by Luther Allen...... QUOTE CURB UNQUOTE... ...a la Bergler by Richard Mayer. EMOTIONS THAT DESTROY by Alice LaVere. DISTINCTION BETWEEN SEX CRIME AND SIN.. MATTACHINE DIRECTORY.

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