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However, in the unlikely chance that an Inspector should ever talk to you about TRANSVESTIA or TVism, have some GUTS (a good masculine quality) and some dignity. Admit to receiving the mag. or to being a TV, but be equally strong in defending our "hobby" as one which does not need indulgence in obscenity to achieve it's ends. THIS IS A TIME TO STAND UP AND BE COUNTED! Don't run and hide (deny) and thus give an indication of guilt and evil where none exists. I am doing everything I can for YOU can you do any LESS for yourselves?

As a result of this investigation I have gotten in touch with the Admin. Vice Section of the LA Police Dept who are interested in learning more about the nature of TVism I hope through helping them to understand I will be doing my bit to lessen the persecution, prosecution, and ambarassment of any of our number who may fall into the hands of the law in this area in the future

I am thus doing what I can for the cause--and I have as much to lose as any of you--I hope you will have courage enough to speak out openly if you should ever find your- self in a position in which you had to make the choice between running (denying) and standing up and fighting (admitting with dignity and explaining with intelligence and candor,) I suggest you reread the letter from a TV wife, Mrs. Sarah T which appeared on Pg 45 of No. 3

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I continue to be pleased at the nice comments made about TRANSVESTIA by you, the readers. It is a source of great satisfaction to me to find out what I have long suspected, namely that there were enough other "girls" around who felt much the same way that I did and who enjoyed the same, shall we say, "uncomplicated" form of TV as I do, to sup- port a small effort like this mag I am as glad that I have "found" you as you are that you "found" this maga- zine Let's stick together

In spite of many offers to help this magazine, it contin- ues to be a one girl effort. There seems to be no feas- ible way in which persons at a distance can help except in