RANSVESTIA

turned the other cheek. So she was liberating herself while we with- drew into our "envy-world" and dreamt of our girl-within always in skirts, always in the feminine frame where we wanted to keep her.

Yes, our revolution still has a long way to go, perhaps it will never materialize. As the GG degenderizes our world, there will be nothing. left for our girl-within, except the envy of things as they were in a past era, rapidly fading away just as crinoline, and silks and satins seem farther and farther away from reality. And we will continue to envy the GG because she took it all, spread her wings and flew high, very high, leaving behind a pitiful band of TV's who can only dream of a GG that no longer exists. The prospects for a TV liberation are indeed gloomy, but that is no reason to give up. Perhaps with persis- tence, with truly feminine wiles, we might yet salvage something from this debacle, and prove that our concept of the girl-within is still the closest thing to heaven that the human mind may conceive. For the time being let us rejoice with TVia over 100 beautiful issues which put color, and light, and hope where there was nothing but drabness, fear and despair before.

Love,

Susanna Valenti

Thanks, Susanna. As usual you are right on target. TVs are unique in that we cannot publicly organize like women and gays to publicize our position. Neither can we expect society to come around to our point of view voluntarily.

TV liberation can only come individually when we can educate those around us to a broader concept of humanness-of wholeness— in which our way of life is understood simply as a means to that end. I've don't what I could through books and appearances in a general way. Each of you must utilize material presented in these 100 issues and the Understanding book to clear your own concepts first and then go on to parents, wives and others when this becomes necessary or desireable.

Virginia