starting with the first issue. You have done such a very fine job with the magazine and I shall be forever grateful that its many bene- fits have been available to me from the first.

You have accomplished an awful lot in this short time and I think the magazine has progressed amazingly well from a very good start. For all that it has to offer, I think it is one of the best investments I ever made and the pleasure and enlightenment I have enjoyed in its contents have been priceless. Please keep up the good work--I can't praise your efforts too much and I want to say thanks from the bottom of my heart... C.W. (13-W-1)

Sincerely,

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Dear Virginia:

Only since I have read your magazine have I realized that although my enjoyment of wearing feminine attire makes me a member of a minority group, I am not "queer". I know that this could never be shared with my wife, but it has certainly made me realize many things and has helped to ease an inner conflict that has bothered me for years. For this I thank you, Virginia, and all the other

girls that have contributed

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their stories A loyal reader GLO

(21-B-1)

Letters like these are very gratifying as they show that my hopeful purpose in starting TVia was not in vain and that we have been able to relieve guilt and point a new way. Ed.

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Dear Virginia:

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The life of a transvestite is not an easy on e no matter how you look at it. The many moments of despair, fear, guilt and longing are not always overshadowed by the wonderful thrill of dressing in our beloved feminine things. For those of us that are married and have children and are trying to provide for a decent future by building a good career, our roles in society are perhaps even more demanding than for the single TV. To satisfy our needs in the necessary habit we pursue and to still maintain a balance in our personalities is truly a constant struggle.

During this past year something happened in my life that has helped lift the burden I had carried for many years. I gathered

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