transexuality. My present position is as far as you go on this train the gender train but I had hoped that my experiences would have reassured readers in doubt about the logical end point rather than to disturb them further. But then, I know who and what I am and have no fear or guilt in that direction but others do not know me that well so perhaps "just what I am", and have I gone "off the deep end," I can only say that while continued development in any area of life takes your further from the beginning, it is a matter of degree not of kind. I may have gone further down the track than anyone has before as she implies but its the same track. I haven't jumped the rails. I trust that my 9 years of effort in promoting self acceptance, the enjoyment and expression of both sides of ones personality, the release of the "girl within" without guilt and trying to teach that Sex and Gender are not synonymouse will be to my credit. 4) My mistake lay in continuing to share my own personal insights, ideas, experiences and feelings with my readers as I have done for 9 years. I should have stopped to realize that just as the letter writer said, there is a limit to what you can share with others. My enthusiasm for my discovery of the true reality of Virginia was so great that it clouded my judgement. So while I don't in any way apoligize for what the article said, I do agree that it was probably unwise to publish it. 5) I would like to emphasize that during the nude marathon I WAS Virginia both to myself and to the rest and as such was treated like all the other women. What was done was not a wild party but part of the whole purpose and experience. Those who saw more in it than that are projecting their own outlooks and problems onto me. Any who were disturbed or upset by the article will, I hope, go back and read it again and try to get the message. It was important for me and could be for you - not in the experience but from the significance of what was accomplished. Doubtless my friend was right that I did go further than any TV has before, but going and relating what I found could be a service to all of you if you considered that I was exploring the whole phenomenon of self identity. Because I have gone, experienced, and related, YOU don't have to go, achieve the same understanding of the true nature of our mutual interest, I'm still TV not HS or TS.

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