Transvestia

ED NOTE:

This letter is interesting in that it is written by a TV who is himself an M.D. and a psych- iatrist.

Dear Virginia:

Thanks a million for your personal answer. I don't know if there is a local chapter in this area, but if not there is a need for it. Just in my limit- ed hospital practice I have had several TVs and also cases of transexualism; these people were at a loss as to where information and understanding could be found. Most doctors are NOT understanding for TVs, in the sense that although they may be professionally correct with them as patients, they despise them and would never, but NEVER, for example, want to see their sister or daughter marry one.

There is a need for a real organization all over America for us. We need, in every large urban center, at least one understanding lawyer to defend those of us who get read and misinterpreted, one understanding doctor or psychologist who will not increase the guilt feelings, etc., that we often suffer from, one glamour or fashion counselor who will privately advise on this subject, one wig dealer who will offer private fittings and sound advice, one high heel specialist (like M. Collins at Regent Shoes in London, England) equipped with a private fitting room, one doctor specialized in endocrinology who can prescribe female hormones. We also need contacts, lots of contacts, such as provided by a publication like LA PLUME; but somehow I'm afraid of La Plume, because it contains several ads suggest- ing aberrations of peculiar nature, all mixed up with bona fide TV ads. TVia should probably in- crease its Person to Person section and get the clientele back from La Plume. I think you do well not to cover the fields of homosexuality, bondage, domination, etc., not only in the name of good taste, but also to diminish the chance of ads falling into the hands of perverse or shady characters capable of