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As for the attitude of the general public toward TVism in England--the people with whom I have had an opportunity to discuss this subject with have been ex- ceedinly tolerant--just as I have found a great deal more tolerance toward homosexuality than one would be- lieve from reading the daily press. Again it is more a matter of the individual's behavior and personal ap- pearance that is more important than the act of TVism.

Then there is the matter of the transvestites themselves in England, France, Germany, and, I believe, pretty much all over the world. Their desires, their hopes, their dreams and their actions are all pretty much alike everywhere, yet they all seem to feel that they would be accepted better somewhere else. I have seen letters from TVs written in German to some of the entertainers in Paris begging them to help them get a job at their club so that they could dress as women. The fact that there are clubs very similar in both Hamburg and Berlin seems irrelevant. Paris is where they want to go. I have met boys in Paris who came from England to work at this club and here in Lond on I've spoken with a number who are doing their best to follow in their footsteps.

In Paris for the past several years there has been ever increasing tendency on the part of many of the se entertainers to have surgery in order that they may look even more like females. It is surprising just how many have actually had this surgery. At one time half of the show at the Carrousel was composed of those who had had surgery. It brings up an interesting and in a way rather amusing point. If a female impersonator re- sorts to surgery to make himself more like a female, he then still a female impersonator even though he is now neither male OR female? It is a question that has come up many times in Paris since this trend started.

Cheerio from London----Louise.

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