ARTICLE

Telling Children

by Darlene (30-H-1 FPE)

As a prelude to my views and experiences on ex- plaining femmepersonation to my children, I feel that I should clarify the picture of my home and it's occupants. My wife is accepting of my F. P. to the extent that she wants to do everything possible to bring happiness to us both. Our bedroom is feminine and we share the large dresser, the jewelry and anything else where fit is not a concern. We have three children, a girl seven, and two boys, five and two.

For some time, the children had occasion to see me wearing petti-pants, but their questions received only weak answers, enough to satisfy their curiosity. The ability to explain F.P. to them had occurred to me at that time, however, I didn't feel that I could present an explanation to them which would make any sense, nor in fact, did I have a valid understanding myself of the emotional pressures within us that cry for release.

In November of 1961, I was introduced to "TVia" and although this magazine has been a friend and proven to be a storehouse of information, until October of 1962 F.P.'s were still just people I encountered in the maga- zine and since I couldn't feel the warmth and sincerity of the individual personalities, I was skeptical about telling other people the merits of F.P. and so I did not bother to tell my children.

In October of 1962 however, I was privileged to spend a weekend at the resort, a time that will live forever in my memory, because of the graciousness of Marie and Susanna, and the friendships that were born of that meeting. I mention this incident, at the risk of digressing, because it played a most important role in my effort to mature into a perfect lady and a more valuable member of society. In order of importance this first personal contact with other F.P.'s provided me the opportunity of actually seeing that many other F. P.'s are truly an asset to a troubled world, by virtue

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