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PREFACE TO ISSUE NO 9

The principle contents of TRANSVESTIA to date have been stories, articles, medical and lay opinions, letters and case histories. All have been included to try to keep all readers happy- Of course we have not completely succeed- ed as some write in "I don't care for fiction, give us "real life" and the next mail will bring a letter saying, "those of us who cannot get out in public need fictional stories be- cause we can identify with the fictional characters and thus enjoy vicarious adventures". So you can t win Some enjoy the medical and theoretical articles others "couldn't care less In this regard particularly I think all readers should remember that this magazine not only provides enter tainment and contacts for its readers, but it also presents an image to the public Because of this it is necessary to devote some space in each issue to the more theoretical as pects of the subject. Some non TVs will inevitably read copies of the magazine Since we are trying to sell oursel ves to others as well as to ourselves it is necessary to pro vide them with something to judge us by in each issue as there is no way of knowing which issue may be the one to fall into the hands of someone unacquainted with the field.

High on the list of most desired types of material in the Popularity Poll run in #4 was case histories Some of these have appeared in most of the past issues, but so many of them have been submitted that it seemed the best thing to do was to devote a whole issue to them. Thus #9 is made up practically completely of such histories Two of these in particular are long and so the second one will run over into #10 and probably even into #11 The heroine of this long history will be Cover Girl on #10 and her other pictures will appear in that issue too.

Inasmuch as the results of the Questionaire sent out with #6 are in a sense sort of thumbnail histories we are including these results in this issue. T think that the re- sults submitted are an important contribution to the know- ledge of transvestism and I wish to thank those of you who cooperated and made it possible.-----Your Editor.