saying that it takes several years for a TV to advance to the stage of FPation, and then only if he wants to become one. The main difference between a TV and a FP is the psychological development. There are many professional impersonators who are the tops in the field but aren't TVs in any sense. To them it is just a way to earn a living.

The final term is Trans-sexualism. This is the group of males who desire to be physically female. It's impossible for a woman to become a man sexually. This group is not comprised of homosexuals but by reason of a glandular imbalance or some very serious abnormality he is physically and mentally unfit for being a man. They feel that when they are dressed as women they are normally dressed. To them their male organs are growths that must be removed and the quicker the better. They are generally confused with TVs up to the time they have their male organs excised, tho on a deeper level a true TS is a different breed to begin with. Some TSs, however, don't realize what is entailed when they decide on getting an operation and that will not be taken up here. In the U.S. it is very hard to get the necessary operation while, by comparison, in Europe it is fairly easy though still difficult on the whole. It is just as well that it's so hard to get the operation because once it's done, it is final. I say this because there are many persons who think that they are TS's and ask for the necessary operation, but if they were to get it they would be misfits for the rest of their lives. The only safe way to determine the individual needs is to see a psychiatrist which will be necessary and required if the operation is granted anyway.

I heard that a girl from St. Paul, In a newspaper went to a ball. Her costume caught fire, And burned the entire

Front page, sporting section and all.

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