ONE Symposium

HOMOSEXUALITY -a way of

life

Two highlights of ONE's 1958 Mid-Winter Institute held over the weekend of January 31-February 2 wore a debate on heterosexual living versus homosexual living and a report from ONE's attorney on their victory with the Supreme Court. These two events are herewith reported by our Los Angeles reporter, Sten Russell.

DEBATE:Resolved: That Heterosexual Living Is Better Than Homosexual. Chairman, Dr. H. C. Thompson. Affirmative: Howard Russell, psychologist; Dr. Arthur Briggs, attorney.

Negative: Mrs. V. C. Vostwald, graduate student, ONE Institute; Lyn Pedersen, associate editor, ONE Magazine.

On this very fascinating topic there were really only two debaters: Howard Russell and Mrs. Vostwald. Dr. Briggs stood somewhere in the middle taking a gentle and urbane view of the subject, and Lyn Pedersen gave a very interesting lecture on the matter.

After the introduction by Dr. Thompson, Mr. Russell led off the debate with a scathing attack that seemed to leave homosexuals and homosexuality plowed under the sod forever never to find health, sanity or happiness in a basically heterosexual culture. According to Mr. Russell and the heterosexual society he was representing, homosexuals were nowhere biologically, physiologically or emotionally. It was absurd to think they could find happiness going against the majority. Mainly one was led to understand that homosexuals were simply sick, sick, and would rather be heterosexual if they but knew

sick how.

Mrs. Vostwald came back with an equally scathing and