COLLECTION WITH THE LISTS. I SUPPOSE MOST EVERYONE HAS READ

WOMEN IN THE SHADOWS' BY ANN BANNON. PLEASE CONTINUE TO

PRINT LESBIANA.

"❘ TRULY ENJOY YOUR MAGAZINE AND LOOK FORWARD TO RECEIVING IT EVERY MONTH. YOU'VE DONE A FINE JOB."

H. D., CALIF.

"WE HAVE JUST PUT DOWN THE NOVEMBER ISSUE OF THE LADDER AND FEEL COMPELLED TO WRITE YOU IMMEDIATELY TO THANK YOU FOR A FINE JOB NOT ONLY IN THIS, BUT ALSO IN PRECEDING ISSUES.

"WITH EACH SUCCESSIVE ISSUE OF THE LADDER, WE HAVE BECOME MORE AND MORE IMPRESSED BY THE HIGH CALIBRE OF THIS MAGAZINE IN ITS APPROACH TO, AND HANDLING OF, THE PROBLEMS FACING THE HOMOPHILE IN TODAY'S SOCIETY. WE ARE RECENT SUBSCRIBERS WHO HAD ALL BUT GIVEN UP HOPE OF FINDING A PUBLICATION WHICH COULD DO ANYTHING BETTER THAN REPRINT REPORTS OF LURID SEX TRIALS OR PUBLISH THE MORE SENSATIONAL TYPE OF NEWS CONCERNING THE HOMOPHILE'S WORLD.

"WE FEEL THAT YOU ARE TAKING THE FIRST IMPORTANT STEPS IN PUBLISHING NEWS AND VIEWS IN AN INTELLIGENT FASHION FOR AN AUDIENCE WHICH APPRECIATES A MATURE, THOUGHTFUL, SENSITIVE HANDLING OF BOTH. AND WE ARE CONVINCED THAT THIS AUDIENCE IS MORE VAST THAN READER RESPONSE WOULD INDICATE.

"THE VOICE OF THIS SILENT AUDIENCE IS THE ONE THAT SHOULD BE HEARD; IT IS THE 'THINK' PEOPLE AMONG US WHO CAN BEST HELP OUR CAUSE, AND ON WHOSE SHOULDERS RESTS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF HELPING TO LIFT THE IRON CURTAIN BETWEEN THE HOMOSEXUAL AND HETEROSEXUAL WORLDS. THE HIGH EDITORIAL QUALITY OF THE LADDER IS THE MOST ENCOURAGING EVIDENCE OF THIS THAT WE HAVE YET SEEN; IT GIVES US A GENUINE AND EXHILARATING SENSE OF PRIDE TO BE AMONG THOSE WHO SUBSCRIBE NOT ONLY TO THE MAGAZINE ITSELF BUT TO ITS GOALS AND IDEALS AS WELL.

"THE LADDER GIVES US A STRONG SENSE OF IDENTIFICATION WITH ALL THE OTHERS LIKE OURSELVES WHO SHARE A COMMON WORLD. WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MANY MORE VOICES FROM THE ABOVE-MENTIONED SILENT AUDIENCE FROM THOSE WHO FEEL, AS WE DO, THAT THERE IS DIGNITY IN THE HOMO-

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