READ A STORY THAT HAS A HAPPY ENDING. I AM CERTAIN THAT THERE ARE MANY FRIENDS WHO LOVE ONE ANOTHER AND LIVE TOGETHER, WHO EXPERIENCE TRUE HAPPINESS--WHO ARE NOT FRUSTRATED OR WHO FEEL SO MALADJUSTED AS MANY WRITERS OF LESBIAN NOVELS WOULD MAKE THE READER BELIEVE.

"❘ HAVE READ IN THE LADDER AT VARIOUS TIMES YOUR STATEMENT TO THE EFFECT THAT YOU ARE NOT PERMITTED TO GIVE NAMES AND ADDRESSES TO ANY WRITER WHO DESIRES TO CORRESPOND WITH A PEN PAL OR MAKE FRIENDS WITH SOMEONE ELSE. THIS SEEMS UNFAIR, FOR I AM CERTAIN THAT THERE ARE MANY SINGLE WOMEN WHO ARE LONELY, WHO ARE SEEKING FRIENDSHIP AND LOVE--NOT WITH ONE OF THE OPPOSITE SEX, BUT FROM ONE OF THE FAIR SEX. HOW MAY ONE GO ABOUT THE JOB OF MEETING OTHER WOMEN WHO ARE INTERESTED IN MAKING FRIENDSHIPS?

"IS THERE NO MEANS OF LEGALLY ARRANGING A WAY TO INTRODUCE WOMEN TO OTHER WOMEN WHO ARE INTERESTED IN ESTABLISHING FRIENDSHIPS?

"I SHOULD APPRECIATE YOUR ASSISTANCE IN SECURING SOME NOVELS ON THE LESBIAN THEME WHICH HAVE HAPPY ENDINGS. I ALSO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN READING MORE ACCOUNTS OR STORIES OF FRIENDS WHO HAVE ACTUALLY MADE A HAPPY HOME TOGETHER,

"I AM ANXIOUS TO HEAR FROM THE SURVEY YOU MADE OF LESBIANS DURING THE SUMMER. WILL THIS BE PUBLISHED IN THE LADDER SOON?"

E.W., INDIANA

IT IS STILL PLANNED TO PUBLISH THE RESULTS OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE IN THE LADDER, BUT WHEN THIS WILL BE DONE IS STILL INDEFINITE. WE REGRET THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DIVULGE NAMES OF OUR SUBSCRIBERS FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXCHANGING CORRESPONDENCE OR ARRANGING MEETINGS. CHAPTERS OF THE DAUGHTERS OF BILITIS ARE BEING FORMED IN MANY CITIES, NAMELY RHODE ISLAND, NEW YORK AND LOS ANGELES, AND IT IS OUR SINCERE WISH THAT MORE GROUPS WILL BE FORMED OVER THE NATION THEREBY GIVING OPPORTUNITY TO

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