(for then it is no longer conformity but a voluntary act) and to re- ject those things in society to which I cannot conform, by my very nature.

All this is very involved and difficult to describe, but what it all boils down to is this: I would like to sea a social order evolve in which every individual can think the way he likes, dress the way he likes, and act the way he likes--just so long as he does not interfere with other people's rights.

Thus it is I salute your attempts to create an island of under- standing for the transvestite in the sea of indifference and hostil- ity which surrounds him (and often engulfs him if he goes too near the water). Isolated and insular, the transvestite runs

a grave dan-

ger of losing himself and his individuality in the depths of neurosis and eventual disintegration.

Sincerely,

Frod

Dear Virginia & Barbara:

I feel it very appropriate at this time for me to write a few words of congratulations on the second anniversary of TV'ia with #13. as it is also an anniversary for me. It was Feb. 27, 1961 when I first learned of TV'ia, and also the happiest day of my life to learn that I really wasn't such an "Odd Ball" after all, Until that day I really thought I was sick or crazy to want to don feminine garb, make up and the works, I thought I was alone and the only one in the world with such a desire. Always with such a guilty feeling, and hiding all the time, taking advantage of every opportunity when- ever the house was empty, (I'm sure all you know how nerve racking it can be) but now that I know what I am and that I'm not alone, its not so bad after all, some people collect butterflies, others rocks, we have our pretty clothes, so what? Does that make us so different from others? I'll always be very thankful to TV'a for what it has done for me.

It was very enlightening news to hear that a dream has come true in the forming of "PHI PI EPSILON". Please send me the pamph- let and full information as to how I can join and the requirements for acceptance. Thank you.

Very sincerely yours,

Jan