Transvestia

clearcut hetero-homo division, that it is a spectrum and this is the reason for his 7 classifications. Therefore, any reader who happens to have had one or a few homosexual experiences need not carry around a big load of guilt about it for the rest of his life. He has a lot of company among the total non-TV pop- ulation and so should relax on this score at least.

The second point to be cleared up is that only a relatively small percentage of these who are predomin- antly attracted to their own sex (among males that is) ever have any interest in feminine attire. Public ideas have it that this is standard practice among the gay set. As a matter of fact a large percentage of the homosexual world does not particularly approve of the "Queens" because they are the overt element that contributes to the public image and gives the rest a "bad name". Dressing among the homosexuals is an in- frequent event and, in any case it is an entirely dif- ferent kind of a phenomenon, so TVs can relax on that score too.

Last year I decided to check out some opinions about Queens so I dreampt up 10 questions which I felt would distinguish between the Queens and the TV types. There was to be a drag ball, so I went to it as Virg- inia along with several other TVs, 1 wife and a couple of straight friends. It is always an interesting ex- perience. I spent a good part of the evening looking for Queens that I could corner long enough to check out my questions with. Altogether I questioned 16 persons. Most of them thought I had holes in my head for asking such questions but I stuck with it. I was particularly interested in the reaction to the quest- ion as to whether they ever had any kind of sex rela- tions with a man while wearing feminine attire. Not only did I get uniform "no" answers but I also got quite a lot of heat with it. Such replies delivered vehemently as, "of course not, I take this silly stuff off, I'm a boy." The whole reply was one of exasper- ation with me for asking such a silly question. Know- ing that to have sex with a woman while wearing fem- inine things is a very common desire (the questionaire