leading a heterosexual life. Thus only about 1/3 of the group nover considered such a life. Tho dogroo of seriousness with which this prospect was considered is not known, of course; it may reflect only the ever-present prossure of social expectations.

Less than 15% of the group (21 persons) report having had children, of whom 14 rate themselves as being (at present) exclusive or nearly exclusive homosexuals. Most of these have only one child (though one individual, rating herself now as an exclusive homosexual, has four).

FRIENDS AND FELLOW-WORKERS

·

The group is not on the whole exclusive in regard to acquaintances: About 30% report a majority of their friends to be homosexual. The largest number about 50% have friends about ovonly balanced between homosexuals and hotorosexuals. The remaining 20%, with a majority of heterosexual friends, may represent those whose sexual preferences are most hidden and who are not acquainted with the "homosexual community".

More light on the degree of "obviousness" of the group is shed by the fact that very few persons (only six) could say that most of their fellow-workers knew of their homosexuality. A slight majority of the rest reported that some fellow-workers knew; for as many as 61 (nearly 40% of the entire group), no fellow-workers knew. In those cases where any fellow-workers knew, a slight majority had been told by the subjects themselves. Where fellow-workers did know, in the great majority of cases (close to 90%), they "accepted" the fact, in the opinion of the subjects.

PERSONAL AND SOCIAL HABITS

No subject reported being a user of narcotics, though as already reported, two said they were "reformed". As previously stated, there are four reformed "alcoholics" and one present alcoholic.

Drinking to some degree is indulged in by 134, or 85% of the group. Detail on frequency of drinking is presented

in Table 4.

17