I hopped the bus (I was the only passenger) and got to the airport about 10 a.m. I sat there till 4:30 waiting for them to clean off the runways so planes could get in and out. I finally made it to Pittsburg at 6 p.m. Had a quick dinner and went to the beauty shop for a hairdo as snow and scarves tend to ruin a hardo very successfully and I had to look good on KDKA the next morning. That show went over very nicely too and we got some calls from new TVs. Even got a long distance call from Washington, D.C. from somebody in Gay Lib who was im- pressed with what I'd had to say about gender differences and the need for their change. So I guess I got in something for everyone. Before plane time I managed to open a couple of bookstores in Pitts- burg and hope more of our friends can find us this way.

Off then for Indianapolis en route to Bloomington to the Inst. of Sex Research. Had a couple of interesting days around there, taught a class and had several bull sessions with staff members. Stayed at the Student Union and one night discovered that Gay Lib was having a meeting at which a couple of the Institute staff were talking about the research survey they did in S.F. So with nothing else to do that evening I went to this meeting. Rather interesting to see the types who came, women as well as men as though being gay was perfectly ordinary. There were a couple of boys there in what I called “half ass drag" which consisted of head bands, dangling earrings, a drawstring peasant blouse and then blue jeans and boots. Although the persons doing this were extremely swishy and effeminate I did have to give them credit for having the nerve (whatever the motivation) to move around the campus and in the Student Union in such garb. It at least indicates that the appearance of outright feminine items on men in our current youth society is tolerated, which is more than it was in my day or even 15 years ago. So society is getting steadily more permis- sive which is good.

I was supposed to leave from Bloomington for St. Louis only to find that not only the airport was closed in but also the roads to it, so shared a taxi ride with a couple up to Indianapolis and managed to catch a St. Louis flight there. Met at the airport by Florence's brother Lou and Julie 13-M-7 FPE from Illinois. We had dinner to- gether twice and a good visit. KMOX hadn't gotten my letter (thanks to Uncle Sam) so a radio show fell through but I had an opportunity to give an interview to the St. Louis Globe Democrat. My Grand Rounds for the Dept. of Psychiatry at Washington Univ. went over very well with much interest shown. They are opening a Gender Identity Clinic there too and so my talk was timely. The department is interested in doing some in depth interviews with as many FPs as

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