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Dear Virginia:

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I want to say that I think TRANSVESTIA is improving and getting more wonderful with every issue. When I receiv- ed the first issue you sent me I didn't see how such a love- ly magazine could improve. But it is. I think you started a wonderful thing, Virginia. I'm sure it has helped many TVS. I myself have learned many things from it. It gave me the nerve to walk in and get my first pair of feminine glasses. I've met 5 very nice girls through it and I'm sure it will teach me many more things and help me to meet many more friends in the future. I just hope that there are many other girls who are as happy as I have been since first read- ing TRANSVESTIA. Loretta-Texas

Dear Virginia:

Now that we've both sort of gotten our feet firmly planted on the ground, you with the project and I in my personal estimate, let me too add a fan letter from the very bottom of my heart. Over the years, as I imagine you have, I've sought time after time from one publishing house after another, information on TVism. All too often the various pub- lishers have catered to other pursuits or because of the mat- erial therein contained, have gone out of business perforce and like others I've been stuck for moneys due or subscrip- tions unfilled. This has made me quite cautious of invest- ing too much. In one clear statement of fact, you've hit the heart of the matter: "OF, BY AND FOR". Oh, I positive- ly love you so much for that! The picture of yourself also did a great deal in helping to establish confidance and now openily, clearly and with unequivical agreement of purpose I'll count you as a friend in need and a friend indeed forever. An addition to the facts you've told us about yourself leads me to believe you're in a similar situation to mine, in that you're over 30, have been a TV all your life, that you are married (I take it your wife approves) and that you believe basically in a "Live and let Live" philosophy, nei- ther approving or disapproving of others deviations.

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