NEW RESEARCH PROJECT

The Mattachine Society has been requested by the Psychology Department of New York University to assist them in obtaining volunteers for a research project which will begin early in September and run throughout the Fall and Winter of 1957-58. A pilot study has already been completed which indicates that there is a probable relationship between the psychological make-up of the male homosexual and his father. The present research project hopes to establish the nature of this relationship and to determine if it is instrumental as a cause for homosexuality.

The Mattachine Society has agreed to cooperate to the fullest possible extent in this project, and we therefore request that all homosexual members and friends of the Society whose fathers are living in the United States please fill out and return the blank form outlined below.

All that is asked is that both father and son take a short and quite enjoyable series of psychological tests, such as the Rorschach (ink-blot test). These tests will require no preparation whatsoever, and you can take our word for it: they are a lot of fun to take. The results of these tests would be better if the father does not know that the son is a homosexual; however, this is not a requirement even if your father is "in the know," therefore, you can still participate.

Complete and absolute anonymity is guaranteed to all participants, before and after the tests. A code number will be assigned to each volunteer immediately upon receipt of the blank below. This code number will be the only thing used from then on.

Even if the father knows the inclinations of the son, it is better if he is not told the purpose of the project, for this may influence or prejudice some of the responses. For this reason it would be preferable if the father were given some other reason for the project. For example, this could be in connection with college or graduate school entrance exams, club or fraternity application, job application, helping friend who is making a special psychological or sociological study of some particular ethnic group (your own), some profession (your own), etc., a survey being conducted by an advertising firm, etc., etc. And if you cannot think of a suitably plausible reason, just let us know we shall put our most fertile brains at your service. Then, you have to do is contact your father and make arrangements with him to meet the psychologist for the administration of the tests. Needless to say, the psychologist should know what sort of story Pappa was told to make sure there is no slip. So, if

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you qualify and your father resides in the United States please fill out AND return immediately the following:

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