mitted. In the last analysis the whole structure of civilization rests upon trust, good faith. When that goes everything breaks down.

"To the homo sexual toying with the idea of marriage I would say, 'Don't enter into any life-long commitment you aren't darn sure you can fulfill. And once you've given your word abide by it'. To the unmarried homosexual I would say, 'Leave people's marriages alone. Even if they are unhappy ones. Have decency and guts enough to live lonely, if need be, rather than even to risk wrecking a home'."

Luther Allen, Baltimore, Md.

The writer of this letter is well known to readers of THE MATTACHINE REVIEW which recently ran a two-part article by Mr. Allen entitled "Values and Responsibilities" in the February and April issues, 1957. Copies may be obtained at 50% each from Mattachine Review, 693 Mission St., Rm. 307, San Francisco 5.

"My roommate and I are overjoyed after reading two issues of THE LADDER. You seem to be not only earnest but clear-headed and free from the all-too-frequent homosexual guilt feelings which hamper many of us from standing up for what we believe is not only right but in harmony with the highest aspirations of human morality. One thing I wish you would drop, however, is this homophile rather than homosexual fad. I have come to regard this trend (after experience with men's homosexual organizations in New York which failed) to be a beating about the bush and a neurotic attempt to conform and integrate into heterosexuality. I am weary

of men and women who have three children and a home in tho suburbs who regard themselves as homophiles.

"I have just read Dr. Foster's book and find it an excellent study

"One more word to answer Barbara Stephens' article on transvestism: I consider myself I consider myself (and my roommate also considers herself) a mild transvestite that is, we wear

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