Change of

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one

Gender

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Virginia 5-P-1 FPE

In TVia No. 37 I did the Virgin Views editorial on female hormones. In turn, this issue has considerable space devoted to the subject of transexuality. The reasons are that 1), these two subjects are in the minds of large numbers of TVs, 2) little is known by TVs about the subtler aspects of either of them, 3) I have been asked to discuss the subject by several readers and 4) because the stated purpose of TVia is not just to entertain but to help in the education and understanding by TVs of those factors which bear directly on their particular behavior pattern. Certainly the problem of sex and/or gender change does.

This article appears in the middle of the magazine this time instead of its usual place at the end because first, I want you to be sure and read it and second it serves as something of an introduction to the articles by Betty, Anita and Susanna which follow. I felt that presenting the views of several of us together would have more impact than just mine alone. But let us now look into the matter a bit.

A great many TVs can remember how, as little boys, they prayed nightly to God that they would wake up the next morning as little girls. If this yearning did not evince itself in prayers for a change it surely did so as envy and an urge to imitate girls. The important thing to note here is that the desire for change or emulation is usually felt either

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