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tends to confuse this type of person with others with whom various words have already come to be associated.

Words and names are very important matters in our culture. They are the means with which we transfer ideas and conception s from one individual to another. Thus any "fuzziness" or inacc- uracy in the words used to convey information results in bringing to mind in the other person concepts different than those we desire to share with him. In order, therefore, to build up in the public mind both lay and professional a clear idea of the kind of person we are concerned with in this magazine we must use words that are accurate, descriptive and clear in describing him and refrain from using other terms which have already acquired meanings related to other types of behavior. For these reasons the word Transvestite is not good; first because it merely describes what a person does and therefore does not serve properly as a noun; secondly, because the important thing behind 3 behaviour is why it is done--what is the motivation, and this word gives no inkling of that, thirdly, because to create the proper image in the public eye it is necess- ary to disassociate heterosexual persons who cross dress for per- sonal inner satisfaction from homosexual persons who whether they enjoy inner satisfactions or not do employ feminine attire as a means to the ends of their homosexual activities and not as an end in itself. This is not to disparage homosexuals. I know many of them and have a great respect for a lot of them. They have their own problems with society and their own magazine and methods for contending with those problems. I just don't believe it is in the interests of the type of persons toward whom I am directing TRANS- VESTIA to allow anymore association between the two forms of be- havior than can be helped It just muddies the waters and hinders the clear understanding necessary to the task of enlightenment which lies before us.

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For these reasons, the term transvestits just does not ad- equately describe us and thus does not aid our cause. What mot- ivates most of us is a love of the feminine, not just the clothes- this would be fetishism-love of the feminine mode of life, feeling, and expression, insofar as it is different from the masculine. symbolically unify ourselves with "ladies", that is the highest type of woman, not just with the female element in her. Thus a more descriptive word for our pattern would be FEMIPHILLI▲,or love