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and satins. But I realized that there were other things in life besides dresses, so I made up my mind that there would have to be times and periods that I would have to be away from the clothes I loved so much So I started my life as a GI the next day I missed my silks very much and went 6 whole months without them. Then one day about 6 months after I came into the service I was downtown in a magazine store looking for something to read when I saw my first copy of SEXOLOGY MAGAZINE, I picked it up and started thumbing through it when something about "men in dresses" caught my eye. I turn d back and there it was. A medical article about "what I was" There were other men like me! I was a "TRANSVESTITE" I bought the magazine and rushed out of the store

But where could I go to read this wonderful article about others like myself? Surely not back to the base A hotel that was it! But if I was going to read about myself why not be dressed like I wanted to be So I went and bought a beautiful nightie and headed for a hotel. I must have read the article a dozen times Now that I knew what I was and what to look for I was surprized to find out how much reading material there was on the subject of TVism. From that day to this I ve read every bit on TVism that I could get my hands on A great deal of it has been trash, like the usual articles in the "Men s magazinės" where they make fun of us and call us queers but much of it has been good This is a good time to say that Virginia's TRANSVESTIA is the best all around mater al I ve ever read Another good book is, "Transvestism, Men in Female Dress" by Dr Cauldwell which can be obtained through SEXOLOGY MAGAZINE.

I went back to the base that night very happy person The only bad thing was that I had to get rid of the nightie before I went back My next 3 years were about the same as any other G.I Every so often I d go to town and get a hotel room and buy myself a slip or nightie and panties and stay in the hotel for the weekend. It was always very discouraging when I had to throw away my silken things before going back to the base. Once a year I would take a 30 day furlough and go home. During this period I'd buy a dress, high heels, and the works. Every furlough was the same I'd stop in San Fran-