RANSVESTIA

The conspiracy of scientific condescension and silence is widespread. At our Las Vegas meeting a newspaper sent reporters and photograph- ers, and took notes of the speeches and interviewed our speaker. The material was never printed. All but one of the library professional jour- nals has neglected to mention the task force meeting in preconference listings, and even the association's official schedule of meetings stated simply "program to be announced." Perhaps these male women have tolerated this treatment for so long because they feel free to cry. We should not allow the prejudices of society to influence our libraries. All but the smallest of libraries should acquire the publications of Chevalier Publications.

All materials mentioned are written or edited by Virginia Prince, Ph.D. and are available from Chevalier Publications, P.O. Box 36091, Los Angeles, CA 90036.

Books: THE TRANSVESTITE AND HIS WIFE (paper) $4.50 HOW TO BE A WOMAN THOUGH MALE (paper) $7.00

Magazine: TRANSVESTIA, pub. six times a year, $5 one issue, $30

subs.

Pamphlet: SEXUAL AND GENDERAL IDENTITY, no price

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TVism IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM

By Sheila - England

I came across a curious sidelight on TVism in the book Animals Are My Hobby by Gertrude Davies Lintz. Among the many apes she kept from babyhood was a gorilla, whom she nursed from a very sick little bundle of skin and bone.

This animal when fully grown used to love powdering its face — as it saw its "mother" do, and even sneaking up to her bedroom to put on some of her clothes. One day she found the animal, dressed in one of her frocks, reclining on a chaise lounge "as if she were Mme. Recamier."

The oddest thing was that, though Mrs. Lintz took the gorilla to be female, when she gave it to the Philadelphia Zoo they discovered it was a male. Now how's that for TVism in the animal kingdom.

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