"I cannot tell you what a source of both::inspiration and pleasure The Ladder contained for me within its pages. I, as an invert, can only know of what momentous importance such a movement as yours can mean, for the ultimate good of all of us.

"Like so many others

I am living living

a completely repressed existence, sublimating my nature, whenever possible, in my profession.

"One of the insertions in The Ladder caught my attention and I could not help but muse over it with some irony. The part about 'Come out of hiding'. What a delicious invitation, but oh, ac impractical. I should lose my: job, a marvelous heterosexual roommate, and all chance of finding work. I would be blackballed all over the city.

"I am interested-very much interested in becoming a member of the Daughters of Bolitis. Although at present discretion prevents me from making any moves to help the cause there is one very effective weapon we, who must fight from a hiding place, still have the fountain pen and the typewriter.

Money helps, too. -Ed.

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J.M., Cleveland, Ohio

'I am very much in gympathy with your efforts and hope this organization will succeed in a big way.

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M. W., Hamden, Conn.