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body needs a "home" a place where they can nurture their own partic- ular needs and feel part of some larger group. So if they find such that's great.

Of course I should point out that this is not a black and white issue. One cannot draw a sharp line of distinction between what is acceptable to Chevalier and what is not. That is one of the prerogatives and respon- sibilities of an editor and editors notoriously cannot please all their read- ers. A cursory glance at any “Letters to the Editor" column in magazines and newspapers makes this abundantly clear. As an example of this "grey area", the first separate story that I printed and which has been reprinted a number of times since, was "Fated for Femininity". It has "something for everybody" in it literally. "Tales from a Pink Mirror" is a mild humiliation and domination story. I did not publish it origin- ally but thought it would be acceptable to my readers so I bought copies for resale. When that printing was gone so was the original publisher so I have reprinted it myself several times.

There are elements of these themes in various fiction pieces appear- ing in TVia and separately. As I said, the matter is not black and white. There are these "in between" areas such as the stories I have mentioned. But I can hear (and have) many readers saying, in effect, “If Virginia will print this why won't she print that, others do!" Thereby hangs an explanation. It comes down to why one goes into the publishing of this or any other type of material in the first place.

The first and most obvious reason is to have a business, i.e., to make money. The second is that you start out to do something else, such as to disseminate information and find yourself publishing or selling material either to fill a demand or to supplement the inadequate income of the first enterprise. Both types of operations are presently in existance in the FP field.

The third reason, and the one which brought TVia into being 13 years ago, was a desire to help, educate, and explain cross-dressing not only to the outsiders but primarily to FPs themselves. It is true that I was a bus- iness man at the time and I set up Chevalier as a sound business so that it could survive and continue. TVia being the first, the oldest, and the largest (in pages per issue) FP publication presently (or ever) available it is obvious that it has succeeded and is still going strong. To do so im- plies that it has been financially successful that is, that more money comes in than goes out. That is true, but its profits would not support

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