Tranwestia

We need to realize that most of the social anta- gonism that we labor under is due to the arbitrary classification of TVism as just a special case of homosexuality. This is where my sex vs. gender argu- ments come in most strongly. When people come to see TVism as a gender variation and not as a sex variation as homosexuality is, we may achieve some understanding. But in the meantime the homophile community is going and going strong. While there are only 2 journals in the TV field (excluding those pseudo TV publications that are put out just to cater to the TVs loneliness and ignorance and for the purpose of making a buck), there are many in the gay field; ONE, TANGENTS, DRUM, MATTACHINE REVIEW, VECTOR, THE LADDER (lesbian) among the more influential and a great many more besides.

Recently in San Francisco the various homophile groups had a national planning convention. It was held in one of the major hotels, and was chairmanned by a minister whose mission was set up by his church (United Church of Christ), specifically to deal with this area. As I was in town for that weekend on other business (which included having a meeting with our Alpha Epsilon chapter of FPE in Oakland), I attended the final session of this group as an observer. I took the occasion to meet the minister referred to and his charming wife and we got to be good friends. I arranged for them to attend our TV meeting on Monday night so that they could add our point of view to their perspective.

My point about this is that the homophile group is on the march to obtain public acceptance. Sexual victorianism is pretty much on the skids anyway and with the help of the church itself, the classical source of the moral point of view in our culture and the institution therefore most responsible for the isolation of the homosexual (and consequently the TV) they are making great strides in public awareness and acceptance. I think it is in order that we keep an observer status in this field and stand by to aid their

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