Visit To A Happy Man

by Doris (32-G-4)

High on a hilltop, dominating the city yet secluded from it, is the home of a fortunate man and his family. The town is located in the rolling, barren and almost treeless regions of the North- west, yet one of the very few green groves in that city line the crest of that strategic hilltop and allow those within a view of the awesome scenery yet effectively block outsiders from seeing the wide lawns and lovely home that lies within their protective bran- ches.

This is the home of Annette, whose tale was told in Transves - tia #5, whose cover her picture graced as the first of this mag- azine's "Cover Girls". When a business trip took me close to the region where Annette lives, fortune and foresight enabled me to make the initial contact that allowed me the chance to pay a visit to this man who is sometimes Annette to his family.

It was a visit I look back on now with a great deal of pleasure, for I feel that I have seen a home wherein transvestism has be- come a thing without any tinge of shame, the home of a happy man and his happy family. Annette is a person fortunate beyond most, and to be a guest in the heart of that family for a few hours was an experience to be cherished.

As readers of this magazine know already, Annette is one whose wife and mother have recognized his desire and have ac- quiesced. This is not always easy or possible, and to me it was a matter of interest to see why and how this good fortune came to this one person. I believe I know something of the answer.

I was met at the airport by a tall, smiling young man and his little year-and-a-half old son. This was S whom we knew of under his feminine counterpart. S is an easy-to-know person,

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