OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Mattachine Society, Inc.

mattachine REVIEW

Volume III

October 1957

Number 10

Second Annual

INTERNATIONAL ISSUE

Our first International Issue a year ago tried to give as wide a representation as was possible of foreign language publications, in translation. There were difficulties however, especially in finding translators from the Scandinavian languages, and materials from such countries as Italy and Spain.

This year we have been guided by a different goal: to select for translation those materials which might be presumed to have primary interest for our readers, regardless of the source from which they came. There is, therefore, but a single translation from the German periodical, Humanitas, which is unfortunately no longer longer published. It seemed to the Editorial Board when we were independently selecting materials for translation, that the available German-language articles were either overly sentimental in treatment or too preoccupied with internal legal situations. As a consequence, we have relied heavily on articles which appeared in French originally Arcadie and Le Cercle section of Der Kreis have been ow main sources of materials

In view of the dearth of suitable German articles for translation, we feel especially gratified and honored that Dr. Bredtschneider, a psychiatrist working in Frankfurt, Germany, submitted his original article to us. In addition he lightened our editorial burden by furnishing the basic English translation of his article. The work needed tu transform it into its presen! shape was minimal. We trust that other foreign authorities will be stimulated by his example to submit original work of their own to Mattachine Review.

WOLFENDEN REPORT

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As we go to press, word has been received the longawaited WOLFENDEN REPORT has finally been made public in London. Sir John Wolfenden was appointed three years ago to head a committee of 11 prominent English professional people, charged with the problem of drafting recommendations for a modernization

British of

sex

laws. Many of our readers may not realize that, under existing English law, penalties for homo(Continued on page 20) mattachine REVIEW

CONTENTS

ARTICLES

PREJUDICE AGAINST HOMOSEXUALITY,

Dr. med. Wolfgang E. Bredtschneider

HOW CHURCHILL BECAME MARLBOROUGH, Marc Daniel

LET US BE PROUD, L.W.

THE MUTINY, Classen Von Neudegg

ON THE RACK, Scorpio

HOMOSEXUAL LITERATURE, A PARTIAL PICTURE, Andre Beaudry

SHORT FEATURES

WOLFENDEN REPORT

PERUVIAN RIDERS, a poem

DO WE NEED A WORLD CENTER, Jack Argo HEARD AND SEEN, Andre Baudry

EDITORIAL

DEPARTMENTS

2 READERS WRITE

LOOKING AHEAD BIBLIOGRAPHY (Part III) FOREIGN PUBLICATIONS 24 MATTACHINE DIRECTORY

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