Transvestia

Susanna and since we are all engaged in the pursuit of happiness I guess I'll proceed along the route of skirts and lipsticks leaving less and less room to the neckties and shirts. So, this one time, when my vote goes to Virginia's position, that is "force of circumstances has more to do with our development TV-wise than any inherent potential.”

And going back to my opening paragraphs about TV's who are simply WGF's I want to make one thing clear (paraphrasing our new president): I am not condemning the WGF if he is happy being a WGF, well and good. Happiness can also be theirs. But and this is a big "but" - the WGF does not - repeat - does not help our common cause when he carries his WGF attitude into social circles integrated by non-TV's. The pipe smoking, swearing, and bread devouring WGF can create the same type of shock with his incongruos behavior as the shock we get when someone draws a moustache on a portrait of Sophia Loren. The two things just don't go together. And if the WGF cannot or simply does not feel like modifying his behavior to match his appearance then my most friendly advice is stay behind your locked doors and enjoy your appearance to your heart's content while munching on a big loaf of bread and gulping can after can of beer from morning till nite. But if you feel lonely and experience the need to meet others - at that very moment you must make up your mind that you are entering into a social commitment which demands from you a great deal more than just being made-up and wearing a dress. Just as most women would give up wearing slacks if they could only see themselves from behind, in the same way any WGF would try a lot harder at "being" a girl if he could just hear the comments made by the non-TV's who have just spent an evening in his company. Do you know what are the two most common criticisms voiced by non-TV's? One, has to do with the way we walk. And two, with the way we talk.

For those of you who have read the Annual issue of Variety Magazine I'd like to leave you with an interesting thought contained in an article about a recent Shakespearean presentation. It seems that a theatrical company decided to present a Shakespearean play just as it was performed in Shakespeare's time, that is: with men taking the feminine roles. The article points out that the performance was a failure because the men playing girl roles "refused to swish". No matter