Transvestia

Virginia Prince, and a Swedish psychiatrist who cleared up the matter for her. Today she has adjusted herself to the situation. "But naturally I am afraid. If this becomes known in town our lives will be ruined." One thing she and Bengt have made an agreement about: He must never go out dressed as a woman in his own home town.

Continued in "EXPRESSEN" April 15, 1968

ABOUT 10,000 MEN IN SWEDEN SOMETIMES WANT TO DRESS AS WOMEN (TRANSVESTISM).

Chief physician Bruno Kaplan says, "We have to help these often unhappy people. The heterosexual tranvestite does not harm his fellow human beings. More knowledge of his problem can make his situation better and make it easier for him to live."

Chief physician Bruno Kaplan, Stockholm, has for many years taken interest in the problems of the sexual deviations. He is a teacher in this subject at the school for the State Police. He has given me valuable help regarding the situation of the heterosexual tranvestites. He emphasizes that more knowledge is a good thing, speaking about all sorts of sexual deviations. It is his opinion that knowledge in general and understanding regarding such phenomena have increased in the last ten years thanks to increased information. He is especially glad to hear about the correct and understanding attitude which the police take according to Eva Berg and Susanne Sjo, the two heterosexual TVs who have provided me with material.

Susanne Sjo is the chairman of the Swedish organization FPE (Box 4041, Norrkoping 4, Sweden), an independent off-shoot of the American FPE (which means Foundation for Personality Expression, an organization in which one can freely express his full personality). It has more than 30 members and is in letter contact with more than 100. These represent, according to Susanne Sjo, only a small part of the real number of heterosexual TVs which is estimated to be about 10,000 men in Sweden - from the less pronounced cases to the men who dress completely as

women.

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