Purpose of Transvestia

TRANSVESTIA is dedicated to the needs of those heterosexual persons who have become aware of their "other side" and seek to express it. The magazine provides —

EDUCATION

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ENTERTAINMENT

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EXPRESSION

to help its readers achieve

SELF ACCEPTANCE

PEACE OF MIND

UNDERSTANDING

in place of the loneliness, fear and self condemnation they have known for too long.

TRANSVESTIA does not condemn nor judge the fields of homosexu- ality, bondage, domination or fetishism. These are left to others to develop. They are not part of the areas of interest of this magazine.

TRANSVESTIA seeks to gather information and to disseminate it to interested persons in the medical, legal counseling and scientific pro- fessions to further their knowledge about this little understood field.

THE COVER SYMBOL

The symbol on the cover expresses the philosophy of this publication. The head, divided diagonally, represents our two sides mind (Wisdom) and face (Beauty).

The lateral curving line portrays the ancient Chinese duality of the "Yang" (masculinity) and the "Yin" (femininity) — the two aspects of

human nature.

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The total symbolism indicates the wholeness of a human being not all masculine mind and reason, abstract and unseen and not all feminine beauty, desirability, and appearance, but rather an integra- tion of both.

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A "SAYING" OF JESUS

"When you make the two one . . . and when you make the MALE AND THE FEMALE INTO A SINGLE ONE ... then shall you enter the kingdom."

From the Gospel According to St. Thomas.