Women have been the guardians of femininity for a long time... they most certainly know how to express it and savor it. We must learn to be like them to better handle these elements of life which society has placed beyond our grasp. They are the teachers--we the pupils. That is why we cannot condone the image of a "Rocky Marc- iano with lipstick it is plain ludicrous and ridiculous and something has to be done to improve it. To the TV friend who wrote me the letter that started this whole trend of thought I'd advise to make a motion picture of her friend in action and then let him see himself on the screen. It might work.

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As I write this column, our good friend Gina is reading and com- menting. She agrees with most of what I've written, but she feels I'm being too one sided. She brings up an interesting point. "This matter of trying to act as femininely as possible when we are portray- ing our alter ego might scare some wives who have barely begun to accept TVism in their spouses. When he is dressed up the wife in She cases will insist on seeing him act not too feminine-like. wants to reassure herself that she has not lost her husband even for an hour. Also Gina says---there's always the danger of having other people think we are gay The or have tendencies along those lines. image of the professional female impersonator they have seen in night- clubs has left a feeling that all those who display feminine manner- isms must be gay. She is right, of course. Many people think this way and many people--no matter what we do to change their minds-- will always feel that way. Just too bad. Personally I pay that price every time I perform in a night club with a group of female imper- sonators. To the public I'm just one of the gay gang and there's nothing I can do to have them think otherwise. So, let them think, The same thing applies to any TV who shows up at masquerade The overwhelming percentage of those present are gay. If of seen there, we will be automatically catalogued as gay. course we can preach our truth whenever the opportunity presents it- self and in many cases we'll succeed in dispelling the popular concept but we must philosophically learn to accept the fact that some people will never believe us and they will always retain a hidden sneaky suspicion in their minds about us.

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Buff responded to my complaint about the lack of laughter at some TV meetings. She says that we mustn't forget that the average TV is loaded with problems..particularly wife problems and this heavy load is not exactly conducive to girlish laughter. You've got a point there, doll. But let us try to help those with such problems to forget at least for a few hours their troubles and relax and enjoy the moment of new truth as completely as possible, from wig to pumps.

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