doesn't have any feelings of guilt when she is dressed up, just fear of exposure and what it could do to the family.

I don't know about the laws in this or any other state concerning this - if anyone knows I wish they would tell me. I cannot see how there can be any laws telling us what type of clothes we should wear as long as we are not causing trouble.

If more cases like ours were brought to the attention of the general public so we could prove to them that we mean no harm and that we can still be useful citizens regardless of the type of clothes we wear, it might be possible to get them to accept it as just another way of life. Virginia seems to be doing a good job along this line with her wives book and occasionally on television but it's not enough. If more of us don't get out and fight for our rights we are never going to be anything but a condemned lot. If I were called on to express my views in public I would be more than heppy to help support our cause.

At one time I dared to tell a lady friend of ours about myself and she was very understanding and sympathetic about it. She even took some pictures of me while I was dressed up and she helped me with my makeup and wig style.

For too many years a man dressing and acting like a woman was thought to be homosexual, only dressing that way when he wanted to attract another of his kind. Unfortunately in a minority of cases this may be true. People cannot accept the fact that we dress up only for ourselves and to satisfy an inner desire for the femme side of our nature and nothing else. When they are made to realize this, then and only then will we be accepted as a part of society.

My wife and I have been to a psychiatrist about this and he told us that they know very little about this and so they don't have a

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