THE LADDER

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President Helen Sanders

Vice President

Del Vartin

Secretary Jean Peterson Treasurer Toni Navarro

Publications Director

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Phyllis Lycon

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Editor

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Phyllis Lyon

May 1957

Vol 1, No. 8

Published monthly by the Daughters of Bilitis, Inc., profit corporation,

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693 Mission Street, Rm. 308 San Francisco 5, California Telephono: EXbrook EXbrook 7-0773

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Circulation Bobbi Deming

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Los Angeles Reporter Sten Russell

Are Homosexuals A Menace?.

A panel discussion on the topic, "Are Homosexuals a Social Menace?" was held April 15 at Plummer Park in Los Angeles by the Searchers. by the Searchers. This made the third in a series held on the subject of homosexuality.

The panel was composed of Dr. R.H. Lord, director of The Searchers and moderator of the panel; Dr. R.W. Deobler, consultant psychologi st; Dr. E. R. Robbins, psychiatrist Lyn Pedersen and Robert Gregory of One, Inc.; Ron Argal of the Mattachine Society, and Sgt. Gene Rock, Night Supervisor of the Vice Squad, Hollywood Division, of the Los Angeles Police Department.

Dr. De obler reiterated his position given in past panels that the homo sexual is an emotionally ill person who fears having sex in the "normal" heterosexual manner.

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