seemed rediculous and silly

It had become a "hobby" or

another way of life to occasionally enjoy.

come a woman.

In the six years or so that have elapsed since that first experience I have become more and more a confirmed transvestite However, I hasten to add that I do not practice tt to excess and I do not have any desire to be- I enjoy my male role to the fullest and wouldn't give it up. I find time about once a month to engage in the pleasures of cross-dressing. I usually find some excuse to drive to another city overnight. There I check into a motel, transform into a woman and spend the evening having a thrilling time changing costumes, going out window shopping etc.

My wife, family, friends and business associates do not know of my transvestism. I think it best to keep it secret. Public opinion about transvestism is warped and distorted. Most people think TV's are perverts of every description. The majority associate transvestism with homosexuality which is, of course, and error. There cer- tainly are some homosexual individuals who dress in fem- ining attire but there are many more who do not

If I may be so vain as to say this...I think I am a good example of a true transvestite...not a transsexual. I have no desire for the "Copenhagen Treatment". I don't drink any alcoholic beverages, hence I don't get into trouble on that account. I don't commit any criminal acts when "dolled up"..I don't visit the Ladies Lounge. Be- fore going out in public dressed, I take extreme care in "the conversion process" to avoid being exposed as a man. I have mingled in crowds, driven in heavy traffic, attend- ed movies and have been served in eating places without ever being suspected. My only encounter with the police was two years ago, and then not because they suspected the truth about my sex. They stopped my car and gave the excuse they thought I was a prostitute driving around in search of business. I promptly admitted I was a male and bluffed them with a story about being on my way home from a per- formance as a female impersonator. After checking to see