Talk Given to

Open House Party

Good Evening Friends:

of Alpha

FPE

Literally I can say friends because if you were not friends of at least one of us you wouldn't be here. We have invited you here in the interest of both you and ourselves. All of you know a little about at least one of us. We hope that you will talk with, ask questions, and get acquainted with others. of us. This will give you an opportunity to get some experience of the phenomenon of transvestism on a broader basis (no pun intended) than just from one individual. For our part this gathering gives our girls a chance to come in contact with the outside world in a small way as it is embodied in you, our guests for this evening. Transvestites live too much of their lives in loneliness and fear and this sort of a gathering gives them an opportunity to be people with other people who are not transvestites and thus to get "outside" in a sense. We appreciate your coming for our part and hope you will find the even- ing interesting for your part.

Now, since the majority of you do not have any very deep understanding of the phenomonen you are witnessing this evening it will be worthwhile to dis- cuss it a bit. In the first place, the name! Trans- vestism just means "cross dressing" in latin. People have a tendency to think that things are more im- pressive in latin than in English, thus the name. It has also been called "Eonism" after our spiritual god father, or god-mistress if you will, the Chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont, a nobleman in the court of Louis the 15th of France. However, the word transvestism

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