"WILL I EVER

BE ABLE TO FACE

THE WORLD AGAIN?"

BECAUSE OF age-old attitudes and taboos, there is virtually no "human error" short of capital crime which carries the stinging stigma of certain sex scandals. ADMITTEDLY this sphere of human behavior must be regulated by-law to protect the weak, the young and the innocent. Furthermore, every society is entitled to proscribe those acts which are justly necessary for its welfare and safety. BUT A GROWNIG group of leaders in fields of medicine, law, religion and sociopsychological science are today asking for a re-examination of moral and legal codes. They ask, "Has our law served its purpose? Does it correct or control the 'evils' for which it was intended? Or have we concentrated upon symptoms and overlooked the all-important root causes?"

RESEARCH EXPERTS in the human behavior fields have declared the need for deeper study, critical evaluation and constructive action in dealing with problems of varied human personality orientation. To do otherwise is to perpetuate unnecessary human waste, tragedy and unhappiness.

THE MATTACHINE SOCIETY endorses programs of critical examination of human sex problems such as the work of the Institute for Sex Research, Indiana University; the Church of England Moral Welfare Council, London; the American Law Institute's Model Penal Code on sex; and many other mental health societies and public agencies over the nation.

IT IS FERVENTLY HOPED that thinking adults will bravely translate the findings and recommendations of such groups into new attitudes, policies and codes to replace old ones found wanting.

THAT'S THE WAY to help make it possible for many persons living shattered lives to be able to face the world again. Knowledge, understanding and acceptance MUST replace ignorance, prejudice and bigotry!

The Mattachine Society, Inc. is a non-profit educational and research organization devoted to aiding the understanding of persons with varied sex orientation-particularly the bomosexual. All persons over 21 are invited to participate in this bumanitarian program. You may help with contributions of funds, through active membership and in other ways. Write to the Board of Directors for information:

Mattachine Society, Inc.

693 Mission Street San Francisco 5, Calif.