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Dear Sir:

I have not read all of your issues but do wish to come pliment you on what I have read thus far. Your views on the subject of TVism are not only very intelligent but also show that you know what life is all about. I agree with you that "True TVism! is not in itself too serious a prob- lem if it is controlled, but to generalize it with many other elements of abnormal behaviour as our society does makes it a real difficulty. The guilt, fear and anxiety

felt by those who have the problem make it almost unbear- able to live with. If through your magazine a TV can learn that he is not so unique in his desires and that wanting to dress in women's clothes is not such a terrible thing, you will be doing a truly great thing for your fellow men. Keep up the good work!

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Sincerely,

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Fran-- Wisc.

Dear Editor:

Up until Feb. 1956 I was an active TV both outdoors and indoors. I have on several occasions slept overnight at the Y.W.C.A., naturally registering as a woman and have never been questioned as being anything other than a real woman, Believe me when I say that living a woman's exis- tance is just as much a part of me as my arms and legs.

I have tried on dresses in department stores, have had manicures at the beauty shop and have had long conver- sations with other women while touching up my makeup in the powder rooms of department stores and hotels.

My greatest disappointment was in Feb. 1956 when the vice squad arrested me for so-called masquerading in wom- en's attire. The judge sent me to our local hospital for a one weeks observation after which I was released with- out a fine but put on probation for one year. I have been afraid to go outdoors in women's attire since the arrest but I have continued to wear my feminine attire indoors. Oh how I have yearned to go shopping, to theaters etc. in my dresses, but I am afraid of a prison sentence. As a