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wish come true and what happens? The response is pitiful. Susanna received many letters and numerous phone calls, mostly from within a short distance of New York, and al- most all of them just want to talk. I suppose the same thing holds true for the magazine. And for those who are dropping it just because they don't get an erotic stimu- lation from TVia, I say they are working against transvest- ites in general and themselves in particular.

Its a cinch that aside from a few dedicated medical men, no one who is not a TV will fight for us. So we have to fight for ourselves. I don't mean we have to stand on a street corner and shout, "I am a transvestite". That isn't necessary, but all of us bhould support TV projects wholeheartedly, all of us should want to meet others like ourselves, trust each other more and stop shying away from each other with the comment, "You don't understand, if my family and friends knew.......... Don't most of us have the

same problem? I have, but I am still ready to meet any TV in my house. I would introduce him as a "friend from Wisconsin "or whereever, not as a "fellow who likes to dress as a girl like I do."

This has gotten a few things off my chest and if you ant to print it, please do, the enclosed is for #s 4 and 5. Your friend, Dorothea, Ill.

Dear Virginia:

The magazine surprised me. It is better than I ex- pected and the orgainization is first-rate. The stories are obviously fictional but as you progress you should have some real experiences to relate from reality.

It is to be hoped the magazine will always continue to champion the cause of FREEDON while deploring irres- ponsibility. I am not a TV but I know some of the prob- lems a TV faces. A publication like TRANSVESTIA fills an important psychological need for an important few. Every citizen should seek--even clamor--for the rights that are guaranteed him in the Constitution. This maga- zine can become the spoksman for that forgotten group, the transvestites, and perhaps bring some measure of