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sexuality.

Ignorance breeds fear, fear breeds distrust and distrust breeds condemna- tion and ostracism. This is the chain of events in regards to the problem of homosexuality in society. It is also and more poign- antly the problem for the true transvestite. Nothing is more basic to our in- securities, self-condemn- ation and non-acceptance than the problem of homo-

It is not my job to explain mediate, or inter- cede in the conflict between society and its homosex- ual minority. The gay world is doing pretty well in taking care of its own problems. However, I do regard it as within my perogatives and possibly to be consid- ered my obligation as Editor of TRASVESTIA to go into a discussion of this subject for the benefit of the many among us who have not been able to come to terms with this problem in relation to themselves.

Let us begin a consideration of the subject with a few clarifications. To begin with, because one has had one or a few homosexual erotic experiences does not make one a homosexual. Kinsey reported that no less than 37% of the male population has had one or more homosexual experiences during his lifetime. In trying to hadle the problem he found it necessary to construct a scale from 0 to 6. On this scale 0 and 6 were exclusively hetero and exclusively homo, 3 was about equally divided and the 1,2,4, and 5 groups re- presented various stages in between. Dr. Kinsey and his group made it abundantly clear that there is no

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