transgressor, even though saying so, and writing so, would break whatever relationships or advantages are based solely on such mundane hypocrisy?

May I say a word here to the effect that Arcadie's reason for existence is to keep homophiles from thinking of themselves as wrongdoers, and thereby educate them to live side by side with all other men?

Those who cause their heroes to die, as in Jean-Paul destroy all their theories by this very act. I liked Jean-Paul very much, as I wrote in a Swiss review. I won't deny it. I like that struggle, strong, wild, whether alone or with conscience, that struggle which is inevitable for those who believe in the church and want to respect its laws But Jean-Paul dies. It would have been even more interesting to know how he would have spent all the long journey of his life in this world.

Nowhere in current literature is there the sincere narrative of the life of a homophile such as most homosexuals are happy in living. But we know, too, that most heterosexual novels present these limited cases. It is literature which wills it so.

Don't look, then, to the literature of the novel for the true pic ture of the life the majority live in their daily actions.

Homophilic literature lights up the total picture no better thar. any of the rest of literature does

To those who are tempted to compile statistics, I say again, in regard to novels of adolescence, don't rush to cry out that most homophiles are attracted by young people.

Let me repeat that these novels are adventures of adolescents among themselves. The homophile is enabled simply to relive his own youth with the Georges and the Alexanders he reads about.

And so I conclude: literature, much better than the press, can and should teach the world about the homophile problem. But let us wish that the press, which has such an influence on the public, might also say what homophilia really is.

But the dawn of this day will not break tomorrow. Therefore Arcadio must live for many years.

READERS write

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REVIEW EDITOR I have been reading your Review for several months and found it to be the most refreshing and stimulating piece of literature regarding today's problems of sexual conduct that I have ever read. Please accept this contribution from me as I want to be a part of the campaign against bigotry and prejudice which we face every day. Your methods in undertaking to enlighten the to congratulate you. general public are admirable and I want Henceforth, each month I shall try to send you the same amount to be used as you see fit. Once again I want to say "thanks" for giving us, the general public, a chance to get our views into a published magazine. If at any time I can be of service to you, please do not hesitate to let me know. --Mr. T. W., New York.

Editor's Note: May we throw a compliment back to you? It's cer. tainly refreshing to have a homosexual identify himself as part of "the general public" instead of proclaiming his "minority group" identity. Congratulations, yourself. Mr. T. W!

REVIEW EDITOR: The tere, the aims. the plan and the process of the Mattachine Society and the REVIEW are excellent. As long as you keep everything on the high plane of pure love and friendship and remember the viewpoint of the majority (in the sex sphere) you should succeed. The truth wins out, whereas falsehood eventually defeats itself.-Miss Christina Valentine, Pasadena, Calif.

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REVIEW EDITOR: I have read the last several issues of your maga. zine which were sent to me by a "friend". This is just to inform you how bored I've become with the whole subject. As a homosexual, myself, I can only say, "So what!" What are you trying to prove by kicking the whole old tired subject around over and over again. Most of us would be disgusted if we saw a woman walking around with a sign on her that said, "I am a woman." It is just as disgusting that a group of people like you or ONE want us to walk around with a sign that says, "I'm a Homo." As for public acceptance, the public will never accept anything; they will only tolerate it. Let's face it. They tolerate the alcoholic, the begger, the prostitutes and the homosexuals. Only those who are blind try to lead 33