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mattachine® REVIEW
Founded in 1954 First Issue January 1955
THE SEARCH FOR LOVE
LEE VINCENT, Ph.D.
Many times, Man has probably stopped to think of the very reasons for his existence. He has probably committed to paper his goals, ambitions, plans, and wishes, yet somehow he has seldom touched on the very necessities of living.
Love! Oh, how often our writers, poets, and lovers, themselves, have expressed this ephemeral quality in their own words, yet only touched on the perimeter of the subject. We are told that love is something that created us; it is something lavished upon us through childhood; and, it is something we cannot live without.
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Yet, today, there are some individuals who would price-tag this quality which belongs equally to all men. They deny the right to love to others, merely because their love objects differ. For instance: a "normal" heterosexual man may love a woman, but the homosexual is forbidden to love his, or her, own kind. How, exactly, does this love manifest itself, or differ?
The heterosexual male attends social gatherings of one kind or another; usually meets-and courts-the girl of his choice; eventually marries; settles down and raises a family, all with the blessings of Society and his family.
On the other hand, the homosexual male cannot freely mingle with his own kind with similar intentions. This, our law enforcement officials call "soliciting" and, if an approach is made, "lewd conduct." Even if this barrier were to be overcome, the homosexual may want to settle down with his partner. This, in itself, presents enormous difficulties. He locates a house, or apartment which both can share, but this immediately entails a double life to deceive would-be intolerant bigots. From the outset then, the homosexual has counts against him in the pursuit of his happiness. many
While both heterosexuals and homosexuals indulge in relationships of one kind or another, it is obvious that the outcome is not to be the same. The heterosexual's marriage, if it founders, is held together by the children, or at least, the married couple involved has a chance of reconciliation in the long drawn out divorce procedures. However, the lack of a common love object and the lack of legal unity-is the frequent cause of short-term homosexual "marriages." But, in both cases-heteroand homosexual-the depth of love is solely dependent upon the individuals concerned.
There is a second way in which the homosexual's love may manifest itself and one which appears wholly acceptable to our modern society. I refer (Continued on Page 28)
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Volume VII
DECEMBER 1961
Number 11
TABLE OF CONTENTS
2 THE SEARCH FOR LOVE by Lee Vincent, Ph.D.
4 NOT WHAT IT SEEMS by Howard Taubman
7 TOMORROW BEGINS AT MIDNIGHT
Fiction by Dick Malin
9 PAUL'S THEOLOGY AND THE TEACHINGS
OF JESUS by the Rev. Norman Benson
10 TWO POEMS by Bern Hard
13 MATTACHINE CHALLENGE by Donald S. Lucas
17 TO THE BARRICADES by Herb Caen
18 BOOK REVIEWS
20 COVER PHOTO NOTES
22 A HEAVYWEIGHT AT LAST by Julian Holland
23 READERS WRITE
30 WHERE TO BUY IT.
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