There is a gay club in Stockholm whose owner has been helpful to the TV group by posting notices on his bulletin board, making refer- rals, etc. In appreciation of his help they had invited him to the ban- quet. So afterward he invited me and a few others to be his guests at the club. I had arranged for Gerd (my girl friend of a couple of nights before to be at the banquet) so the two of us and some of the others went down to the club. But as night clubs all over the world are, it was too noisy, too smoky, too crowded and just too too. So Gerd and I having only a limited time with each other anyway decided to go out- side the front door on the deserted street where it was cool and quiet. We did so and were standing there in our cocktail dresses with our arms around each other when some of the queens who knew who I was came out with their boy dates to go elsewhere. We provided a big curious sight to them as they passed and got into cars or taxis. Gerd and I got a big kick out of their over-the-shoulder looks. I commented that at least I was proving that Virginia was heterosexual. Eventually we took Gerd home and returned to the hotel by taxi.

July 20. The next day we drove about 300 miles down through Swe- den to the summer home of Leonard and Eve one of the nicest and happiest couples I've known. I had arranged for Gerd to take the fol- lowing day, Monday, off from work and come with us. Jane and her fiancee Eve (different Eve) were in front and Gerd, myself and Dick in the back of Jane's Volvo. It was pretty crowded but Gerd and I en- joyed the time with each other and occasionally napped on each other's shoulder. We arrived at the house in the evening and sat around and had a nice dinner (with more strawberries goody) and talk. At bed- time Leonard said well what will we do about sleeping accommoda- tions? Dick (bless his little bald head) said, "Well you two (meaning Gerd and I) have been holding hands all day I suppose you'd like to do it all night!!" I smiled and allowed as how I would but I hadn't quite known how to say so. Leonard took the ball and said, “O.K. this way” and showed us to a bedroom with twin beds beside each other and then placed the rest of them around the house in other rooms. Its true we did go to sleep holding hands but that was all I remember-taking her hand, because I was thoroughly beat not only by the fatigue of the long drive but of all the days of the trip which had proceeded it. In the morning we woke up and lay in bed quite a time talking with each other. There was nothing sexual about this relationship it was just a beautiful three days in the lives of each of us when we had both found somebody that understood us and accepted us for ourselves and not as sex objects. It meant much to Gerd because she was sick (as many

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