Transvestia

But let's look at the crowd who come out to play, dressed to the nines, every night.

Let's start with Gina. Gina is a 23-year-old who works as a wait- er at a big hotel in Waikiki. She has a diploma from Hawaii's most prominent high school, and her family wanted to send her to col- lege. But Gina was bitten by the clothing bug and chose to remain here, but took an apartment of her own as soon as she had gotten a job.

Gina shares an apartment with Lila, who is two years older, and also a waiter. Both make good money and can afford nice clothes (feminine, that is). Both have been active femme dressers since their teen, and neither would live any other way than they do.

In general, this is the pattern of most of the younger set. When the family finds out that they are dressing as girls and raises strong objections, the young men leave home, get jobs, and share apart- ments with friends of the same interests. A few live at home with the grudging approval or bare tolerance of the parents, others live at home but hide their feminine wardrobes at friends' apartments.

In all honesty, it must be admitted that most of these young cross dressers are homosexual, and this is the reason for the sign -“I Am A Boy"- referred to earlier..Many of these "girls" are so attractive in their drag that even women would be fooled as to their real sex. It is no wonder that young, single men, seeking female companionship, and would pick them up on the belief they were girls.

Now, every dedicated TV knows the thrill he would get if his dress, make-up, and manner were so perfect as to attract a man who honestly thought he was a woman. And those who don't know that thrill from experience must have dreamed of it often. It is part of a TVs' life.

One young TV confessed to me recently: "It was only my second or third night out with the 'girls.' I was just 18 and, of course couldn't drink anything but a soft drink. We were sitting at a table in Yappy's bar when this nice-looking sailor came over and asked if he could buy me a drink. I thought he knew we were all

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