HAD SERVED ON THE ZOOLOGICAL FACULTY AND HAD BEEN GIVING A MARRIAGE COURSE, IT WAS THEN THAT HE REALIZED HOW LITTLE WAS REALLY KNOWN ABOUT HUMAN SEX BEHAVIOR. HE SET ABOUT TO GATHER DATA, STARTING AT THE UNIVERSITY AND LATER BROADENING HIS BASE UNTIL SOME 18,000 CASE HISTORIES HAVE BEEN COLLECTED FROM COAST TO COAST AND IN ALL WALKS OF LIFE. THE STAFF OF THE INSTITUTE INCLUDES 10 PEOPLE. IT IS A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION SEPARATE FROM THE UNIVERSITY. IT DERIVES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM THE UNIVERSITY, FROM SALE OF BOOKS AND FROM FOUNDATIONS. THREE MAJOR WORKS HAVE ALREADY BEEN PUBLISHED: "SEXUAL BEHAVIOR IN THE HUMAN MALE", "SEXUAL BEHAVIOR IN THE HUMAN FEMALE," AND "PREGNANCY, BIRTH AND ABORTION". ANOTHER BOOK ON SEX OFFENDERS SHOULD BE FORTHCOMING IN ABOUT TWO AND ONE HALF YEARS AND WILL INCLUDE DATA ON HOMOSEXUALITY,

DR. POMEROY EXPECTS TO BE IN SAN FRANCISCO NEXT SPRING AND HAS OFFERED TO SPEAK AT A MEETING OF THE DAUGHTERS OF BILITIS AT THAT TIME. HIS TALK WILL, OF COURSE, BE GEARED TOWARD THE FEWALE OF THE SPECIES. ANNOUNCEMENT OF TIME AND PLACE WILL APPEAR IN A FUTURE ISSUE OF THE LADDER.

MALE HOMOSEXUAL ADJUSTMENT

SHARING THE SPOTLIGHT WITH DR. POMEROY AT THE NATTACHINE MEETING WAS DR. EVELYN HOOKER, PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES. SHE GAVE A SHORT REVIEW OF HER ALREADY-PUBLISHED RESEARCH STUDY, "THE ADJUSTMENT OF THE MALE OVERT HOMOSEXUAL" AND DISCUSSED ANOTHER RESEARCH PROJECT IN PROGRESS ON THE SOCIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF HOMOSEXUALITY.

IN THE FIRST STUDY, DR. HOOKER SAID THAT THE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE OF TESTING WAS THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE HOMOSEXUAL WAS A SERIOUSLY DISORDERED PERSON AND FINDING OUT IF THERE WAS ANY CONNECTION BETWEEN PATHOLOGY AND HOMOSEXUALITY.

SHE WENT ON TO DESCRIBE THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF THE RESEARCHER TO FIND PROPER SUBJECTS. FIRST SHE WANTED REASONABLY WELL ADJUSTED MEN WHO HAD NOT HAD ANY PSYCHOLOGICAL HELP. ALSO SHE NEEDED EXCLUSIVE HOMOSEXUALS AND EXCLUSIVE HETEROSEXUALS TWO CLEAR-CUT GROUPS. AND THE "EXCLUSIVE" BEHAVIORISTS WERE NOT SO EASILY FOUND! THEN IT WAS NECESSARY TO MATCH