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of their ideals, and secondly, I feel that this personal contact is a must for those who are just readers and feel a sense of skeptisism as I did. It was at this meeting that I acquired a deeper appreciation of the wonders of F.P. and although I was advised by one of the doctors, present, that it would be better not to tell the children, I decided at length that I must.

I felt that if femmepersonation is, as we believe, founded on a desire to radiate the best of our person- alities, then what a crime it would be not to share this with my children, especially now, during the formative years of their personalities, when I'm desperately trying to instill in their minds a sense of values and under- standing of the world about them, so that in the future, when they are brought to the test, they will be able to impart the compassion and understanding that we seek from the many biased and ill-informed adults of our generation.

One evening, while watching television, I brought up the subject of dressing up like a lady. This seemed to catch the interest of the children, so after showing them a picture, taken at the resort, I explained to them. that I and a lot of other men felt a spirit of love in our hearts that was so strong, that we found that if we dressed like and pretended to be ladies, it gave us a comfortable feeling, and we found it easier to express our love this way. Perhaps this didn't mean too much to them so at a later date I dressed for them so they could see what I looked like as a woman. Upon doing this I told them that I felt happier and that I could feel so much more love for them when I was dressed that way. At the same time however, I asked them to make this our little secret because if they told other people about it, they might think I was doing something bad, because the other people would not know the love that I feel when I am dressed as a woman. The children promised to keep this secret and since then I have dressed before them on many oc- cassions and we have spent many evenings that way.

There is, of course, the opinion of some, they this may cause my sons to become interested in F.P. This is a calculated risk, but personally I don't think they will feel a need to pursue this role, because I try to maintain

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