I have been married twice. The first ending in a divorce because of my TVing which I failed to tell before the marriage. If I had, it might have saved us all the heartaches a divorce can bring. This in turn only forced me to do my TVing in secret which also builds up a lot of guilt. This type of life is pure hell with frustration.

Up to this point in my life I never realized other people were the same way. It sounds dumb but there are hundreds of people today that would like to know of others and this is not a laughing matter.

I first learned of others of my kind only in 1962, at the age of 26! I have a good education, so that is not my reason. Shame was my reason. Also I did not look or search, as I always thought I was the only one. In later years I have come across a few good books which explained some of the subject, but, as everyone knows, it is still not a field of medicine that is helped very much nor explained. In due time this will come about and we will all be accepted and can all walk with pride among other normal human beings even if they are narrow minded at present.

I overcame my guilt through studying all I could on anything con- cerning TVs, Bisexuals, and Trans-sexuals as we are all cousins in the same boat. I am still a TV but have never met another TV nor written one.

I am happy now with what I am and enjoy all my private moments alone. But being alone is not completely satisfactory as any type of person needs to be around others of their own kind: to talk to and learn from each other all they can in order to express themselves completely.

In March I learned of "TRANSVESTIA" magazine and began buying and reading the thoughts of other TVs and a new life has opened up to me as I now hope to soon be able to meet someone like I am. Someone who will have the same basic problems and needs.

I think TRANSVESTIA is great and hope it will never cease to be ready for all persons of TV nature to obtain.

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Jamie 33-H-1 FPE

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