DAUGHTERS OF BILITIS

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PURPOSE

1. Education of the variant, with particular emphasis on the psychological and sociological aspects, to enable her to understand herself and make her adjustment to society in all its social, civic and economic implications by establishing and maintaining a library of both fiction and nonfiction on the sex deviant theme; by sponsoring public discussions on pertinent. subjects to be conducted by leading members of the legal, psychiatric, religious and other professions; by advocating a mode of behaviour and dress acceptable to society.

2. Education of the public through. acceptance first of the individual, leading to an eventual breakdown of erroneous conceptions, taboos and projudices; through public discussion meetings; through dissenination of educational literature on the homosexual theme.

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3. Participation in research projects by duly authorized and responsible psychology, sociology and other such experts directed towards. further knowledge of the homosecual.

4. Investigation of the penal code"as it pertains to the homosexual, proposal of changes to provide an equitable handling of cases involving this minority group, and promotion of these changes through due process of law in the state legislatures.

The Daughters of Bilitis is not now, and never has been; affiliated with any. other organization, political, social or otherwise.