contributed to the family support by paying room and board and buying my own clothes. On weekends I would usually go out with the guys roller skating or danc- ing.

By the time I graduated from high school I had out grown my mothers clothes. I still tried to get into her things, but it was a tight fit. About this time I decided to start buying my own wardrobe. What fun it was to go out and pick out the things that I liked and not have to settle for someone elses taste.

I wanted to go to college but I was a little short of cash so I decided to work for a year. Dur- ing this time I met a girl that I liked very much. We started dating and soon we were going steady. Things started to get serious but this only lasted a short time. During this period I didn't dress and even after we broke up I still didn't have any desire to dress.

The following fall I started junior college, and went back to working part time. This time I was lucky as I went to work in a downtown department store. My first job was as stock clerk in the ladies shoe dpeartment. I later worked in the dress depart- ment and lingerie department.

After having completed one year of college my finances had run low. I decided it was time to go back to work and go to school nights. I found a job in an engineering office as office boy. I worked there for two and a half years and had worked my way up to draftsman. By this time I acquired a ward- robe, and soon I bought a wig. With it I became very bold and confident and began going out whenever poss- ible. One afternoon I went to the movies and another evening I went out window shopping. My little excur- sion at eleven o'clock at night almost got me into trouble. Some guy in a convertible tried to pick me up. He went around the block and while I had the chance I found a dark store entrance and hid in the

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