miscuous heterosexuals in that, not being concerned with contraception, he lacks their motivation for using the condom and consequently does not benefit from its disease preventing value.

"Other attitudes of the homosexual patient complicate the physician's task. When the homosexual becomes aware that he has acquired a venereal infection, he is faced with a dilemma which does not confront his heterosexual counterpart. He is understandably reluctant to incriminate himself or his partners by supplying information concerning his sexual practices, for in so doing he admits to behavior which is legally contravened and could result in police arrest.'

In that last sentence, Dr. Tarr touches upon a subject about which homosexuals could write volumes.

JUST FART OF ONE OF THOSE VOLUMES

tology schools in accepting students, drawing from them 1600 hours of free student work, along with highschool fees, only to be informed upon completion of their course they are subject to investigations on past arrests or criminal offense, is unjustly wrong. This point must be clarified and acted upon by the State Board of Cosmetology, so that all students entering cosmetology schools are informed on this point before deposit of fees! "The State Board of Cosmetology nd members of the Board should

and give consideration to the following: "A. The Beauty Field, Cosmetology, Fashions, Millinery, Creative Arts, Dance, etc., are primarily creative and cultural vocations which are predominantly, and successfully occupied and influenced by homosexual persons. The Hairdressing Profession in the U.S. and major countries of the world are better than 65% represented by homosexuals. The U.S. Government records consider the hairdressing profession as 'influenced and dominated' by homosexual environment and it is bereby requested that every consideration be granted to extend cosmetology licenses to those who have completed satisfactory courses in cosmetology, and who may at some previous time in life been arrested on a morals offense of homosexuality-which, of course, offered no serious overt ones.

In an open letter dated July 12, 1963 to the State Board of Cosmetology (California), Marc Troy of San Francisco wrote: "The State: Board of Cosmetology should take immediate steps to forward a communication to all schools of cosmetology in the state of California, directing that beauty school owners must be compelled to acquaint prospective students that 'any person having been arrested is subject to a state investigation and possible rejection by the board.'

"The present practice of cosme-

"B. The cosmetology profession, with exception to rare cases of mo-

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rals arrests, has enjoyed many years of outstanding service to the community and nation by its large segment of hairdressers of homosexual nature. Great accomplishments and benefits to our community and national life have been forwarded by this group and segment of hairdressers of homosexual nature, from which this writer strongly feels and believes that the State Board of Cosmetology should extend the greatest understanding and leniency. The beauty field, dominantly a business-creative profession is one of the few recognized fields that can safely consume persons of homosexual nature, to the benefit and gain of both individual and com munity.

"C. It is hereby requested of the State Board of Cosmetology, to give every consideration and leniency to young persons entering this field who may have had a previous morals arrest relating to homosexuality of no serious consequence.

"Consideration by the California State Board of Cosmetology, Department of Professional and Vocational Standards on Article 3, Stats. 7332 and Article 11-7431.1, is hereby requested on the above mentioned."

The REVIEW is grateful for newspaper clippings and press cuttings received from all over the U.S. and England, ent in by subscribers reg ularly. These items help immeasur ably in keeping the magazine abreast with what is going on in 'English speaking countries.

All readers are invited to join in this service of providing clippings of newspaper items in the sex sphere for use in future issues of the mag azine. Please be sure the publication, city and date are included with each clipping submitted.

OTHER U.S. ORGANIZATIONS WORKING IN THE FIELD OF SEX VARIANCE Los Angeles Mattachine Society, Inc, 806 South Robertson, Los Angeles 33, California. OL2-2282.

Daughters of Bilitis, Inc., 1232 Market St., San Francisco 2, Calif., UN 3-819%One, Inc., 2256 Venice Blvd., Los An geles 6, Califomia, RE5-5252. Mattachine Society of New York, 1133 Broadway, New York 10, N.Y!, WA4! 7743.

Mattachine Society of Washington, P.O. Box 1032, Washington 1, D.C. Janus Society, 34 South 17th Street, Room 229, Philadelphia 3, Penna. Demophil Center, 15 Lindall Place, Boston 14, Massachusetts.

California.

Dionysus, P.O. Box 382, Fullerton, League for Civil Education, Inc., 226 Embarcadero, San Francisco, Calif., SU1-8361.

George W. Henry Foundation, Inc., 49 West 29th St., New York 11, New York.