After more than a year's consultations, I was badly in debt, but I did obtain relief when the psychiatrist made me realize that my fears were based on false premises, and that I would not be pun- ished for being a "bad" boy. He actually condoned my transvestism instead of condemning it, as I had fully expected him to do. He went even further and gave me professional assurance that this was the one way that I could relieve my unconcious fears and anxieties without harm to anyone, provided that I carry out my transvestitic activities in a diserete manner. This I do.

The two page suppliment that was included with TVia #8 entitled "A Brief Discussion of the Nature of Transvestism" is certainly the best and most correct analysis of Transvestism that I have ever read, at least as far as my case is concerned. It describes my reason for being a TV most accurately, as no doctor or psychoanalyst has been able to do for me. If this article evolved from Virginia'a own concentrated thinking on the subject, then she and I must be pretty much alike in personality. However, she is fortunate indeed in having an understanding wife--something that is hopeless for me. ((Ed. Note: The article referred to above was sent to most sub- scribers with TVia #8. If you did not get one write in and it will be sent. If you'd like more to pass around--10 for $1))

I am now in my early forties, married and have four children, two girls and two boys. To this day, my wife and family know noth- ing of my transvestic adventures. I have continuously kept such things a secret from them, because previous incidents at masquer- ade parties have indicated that the very thought of my wearing women's clothes is repulsive and unbearable to them. I am five feet six inches tall, weigh 140 lbs. and my dimensions (as "Terry") are 39" - 29" 38", with the help of bra and hip padding and

waist cincher.

I live in a small Connecticut town where I operate a small business of my own, visiting the city (New York) two or three times a month for the purpose of buying merchandise for my business. It is mostly during these buying trips that I spend my time in the city as a transvestite. My actual business I conduct as a man, and is accomplished in about half an hour. The rest of the day (or days), I pursue my activities as a transvestite, registering in a small hotel in the city as "Terry (no "Mr" or "Miss",-the name could be either a man's or a woman's). The hotel personnel