OUT OF THE FEMME-FILE

Editorial Introduction:

by BARBAR ELIN

Now that we have as a group grown larger and many of us have made significant progress in self understanding and acceptance it seems timely to try to start a discussion section in TVia. As a starter Barbara has led off with the following brief article. How about others making comments on the same subject or others. Make them brief and pointed and we will print one or more each issue in this space. If many offerings are received they may run over into the FEMMEMIRROR. It's your soapbox, climb up and speak.

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The subject I have chosen is "Guilt".

Now there is a subject that I know something about! Note that I didn't say that I know how to cure guilt...but, girl, I know how to have it. And, thanks to Virginia, I have learned a little about getting rid of it, at least in part.

For you who have not had the privilege of meeting her, may I say that one of the most fascinating things about knowing Virginia is her complete lack of guilt as the FP usually feels it. When first you watch Charles Prince walk up and challenge a psychologist, or watch Virginia rush off to lecture literally in a Lion's (Inter- national Order of) den while in femmattire, your jaw drops and you are completely awed by the pure, raw courage of this little guy. To learn, over a period of years, the full Virginia Prince story.. the heartache, guilt, trials, literal and figurative, and tribul- ations that were overcome...is even more awe inspiring. But that's her story. Mine is this. After watching and knowing her I learned to trust her opinion enough to openly admit to a select few people my transvestitic desires. The results have been amazing to me,

Imagine this if you will....especially if you are guilt-ridden. Imagine yourself standing up in front of ten people whom you like. and blurting out the whole story. Imagine telling these people for twenty minutes how you felt, the comfort that femmattire gave you, explaining as best you could why you felt driven to dress occasion- ially, and then showing them pictures of your feminine side! I

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