introduction of Virginia by the Chapter President Irene, this talk by Virginia, a question period from the floor and then an adjournment for refreshments with the suggestion that the guests seek out the other members of the organization and question them personally. We all wore nice dresses and new hairdos and sported red hostess ribbons with "F.P.E." on them. Altho we didn't draw as many as hoped, those who did come expressed both interest and appreciation so the effort was worthwhile.

With Alpha having shown the way how about some other chapters following suite? Public education requires public exposure and Alpha can't do it all.

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Welcome to our professional seminar. This meeting is sponsored by the Alpha Chapter of Phi Pi Epsilon which is the social arm of The Foundation For Personality Expression. The purpose of which is to carry our research where possible and to disseminate its findings to the lay and professional public to educate them on the subject of Transvestism.

We have invited people from many different professions here tonight and hope that you will all learn something from this meeting that will be helpful in your work.

Unfortunately the term transvestism has too long been loosely used to include any persons (usually males) given to wearing the clothing of the other gender without regard to their motives for doing so. The fact that a rather small percentage of homosexual males adopt feminine attire (termed “drag” and the wearers, "drag queens") has been known for centuries. Unfortunately the actions of these few have not only colored the publics idea of what a homosexual was like but served to obscure the fact that a large number of completely heterosexual males also indulge in cross dressing but for entirely different reasons. The homosexual "queen" does so solely for sexual purposes, as part of the bait useful in attracting sex partners. The heterosexual cross dresses does so for reasons of gender identification with women. Whereas there is some justification in referring to the homosexual queen as a "sex deviate", since his variation from the norm is a sexual one, there is no justification for using this term for the "true" transvestite. His variation is one of gender only and not of sex. If the term "deviant" must be used at all, it should be as "gender deviant".

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