READERS RESPOND

"MANY THANKS FOR THE LAST SAMPLE OF YOUR REVIEW. YOU DON'T FORGET YOUR BELGIAN FRIEND, HOWEVER, HOW MUCH MILES BETWEEN US? BUT, WHEN TWO PEOPLE ARE RIGHT UPON THE SAME POINT THEY FIND NOTHING DIFFICULTIES TO BE UNITED, IN SPITE OF THE OCEAN!"

R.D., BRUSSELS, BELGIUM

"DR. ALEXANDER SIMON OF THE LANGLEY PORTER NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE HAS REFERRED ME TO YOUR ORGANIZATION AS A SOURCE OF INFORMATION AND LITERATURE ON THE MEDICAL, LEGAL AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS OF HOMOSEXUAL ADULTS.

"I HAVE IN MY FILES A COPY OF THE AUGUST, 1958, ISSUE OF THE LADDER AND I NOTE ON PAGE 16 A REVIEW OF BOOKS ON LESBIANA'. DO YOU HAVE A BIBLIOGRAPHY ON THIS SUBJECT, COPY OF WHICH I MAY OBTAIN, AND DO YOU ALSO KNOW OF ANY REPRINTS OR SMALL BOOKLETS, PAMPHLETS, ETC., WHICH I MAY OBTAIN COVERING THIS SUBJECT?

"THE PURPOSE OF THIS ORGANIZATION IN COLLECTING ALL AVAILABLE DATA RELATIVE TO THE MEDICAL, LEGAL AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS OF THE HOMOSEXUAL ADULT IS TO INCORPORATE THIS SUBJECT INTO OUR TRỵ AIDS FOR RECOVERY' PROGRAM WHICH WE ARE DESIGNING. THIS PROGRAM, IF CARRIED OUT ACCORDING TO PRESENT PLANS, WILL ENABLE THE PHYSICIAN TO RECOMMEND FOR THE PATIENT ANY TYPE OF LITERATURE COVERING ANY MEDICAL PROBLEMS WHICH CAN BE WRITTEN UP INTO BOOKLET OR PAMPHLET FORMS, AND WILL ALSO INCLUDE LITERATURE WRITTEN IN LAYMEN'S LANGUAGE WHICH WILL COVER MANY MEDICAL-LEGAL-SOCIAL" BORDERLINE PROBLEMS OF THE PATIENT WHICH WILL HELP HIM TO 'LIVE' WITH HIS PROBLEM OR AID HIM IN SEEKING HELP OR GIVE HIM (OR HER) EDUCATIONAL AND CONSTRUCTIVE INFORMATION REQUIRED TO HELP IN SOLVING WHATEVER PROBLEM IS IMMEDIATELY FACING THE INDIVIDUAL.

"THE MEMBERSHIP OF THIS MEDICAL SOCIETY FEELS VERY STRONGLY REGARDING THE LACK OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE BOTH TO THE HOMOSEXUAL

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