Transvestia

articles, several of which are "on order" so to speak, and to be away from L.A. and know that the mail will be processed as usual. My thanks to her for her help.

IV. ANOTHER TRIP: In May the Amer. Psychiatric Assn. is having a convention in Boston. Many of the im- portant people in the field of TV-TS will be there. I plan to be there too to hold up our end of things. I wont be on the program but I will have opportun- ities to button-hole some of the M. Ds. I say "I plan to be there" because I do plan, but whether I will make it or not is a question. It takes considerable loot to finance a trip, hotels, food, taxis etc. to Boston and way stations. I can't stand this all alone. I am therefore trying to do three things; 1) I'm trying to persuade the publisher of "The Transvestite and His Wife" to foot some of the bill and to arrange some radio and TV appearances across the country. I can get repeat appearances in Chicago I'm sure, and Cleveland and Minneapolis have already indicated that they will take me. I'm sure WBZ in Boston will do a repeat too. I want other stations in other large cities and one national TV show such as the Allen Burke show out of New York. You could help by making contact with shows in your city and asking if they are interested. If so let me know and I can take it from there. Specifically you might write the Allen Burke show in N. Y. and tell them that since they did a show on TS it would be a good idea and only fair to do one on TV and that you'd suggest that they contact Virginia Prince to do it. This might help urge them on. 2) I'm also asking the Foundation to make a donation toward the expense. But FPE dues are not sufficient to provide loose cash to be thrown around, so there cant be too much help from that quarter. Therefore, 3) I'm boldly and straightforwardly asking some of those of you who can afford it to make a donation toward this trip. I hope you understand that I'm not trying to promote a vacation at your expense, but if I can get on radio and/or TV in 8 or 10 cities I'm sure you will agree that this will do a lot of good for the "cause".

88