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The magazine has filled a large void in my life. I do not feel so alone and it has tended to channel my thought along more constructive lines. Most of the literature I have read prior to TVia was of an erotic nature and while I still find myself reading the fiction first, I turn to the articles for the real meat.

Your ideas on the separation of the 2 personalities are excellent. I find it quite difficult to accomplish but it gives me a worthwhile goal.

I have a difficult situation at home, although I have learned in my discussions with you that it is not unique, but with the help of the magazine I hope to con- vince my wife that I am not a freak and that transvestism can add a variety to both our lives. I think her main worry is that our friends will think I am effeminate If I can divorce the 2 personalities within me and be the masculine person she loves, but still be totally feminine without any masculine traits when I am Diane perhaps she will accept me as a woman and find in Diane a human being she can extend a different form of love toward.

I am hoping that in the not too distant future I wil be able to go out as Diane. I hope that other TVs who have come to a compatible arrangement with both themselves and their wives in some other manner will write and ex- plain their methods so that we may all benefit.

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Sincerely, Diane, L. A.

Editor's Note: Diane has struck here perhaps the princi- ple problem facing TVs and one which needs the most work done on it and which will bring the greatest benefits--- how to make wives and parents see TVism in its real light. Many of you have come to terms with wives by various meth- ods. A discussion of these matters in our columns will, I am sure, be of considerable help to others who have not as yet been successful with this problem. This mag will not live if its only based on entertainment, it must also serve but the magazines role is that of a medium for the exchange of ideas---the ideas must come from you the readers. How about some contributions on this subject?