fairs. In each of her liaisons with women she is entirely passive sexually. During the four-year course of her analysis the so striking facts come to light: Connie is so apathetic in her everyday relati onships that she is littlo more than a human vegetable. Connie hates and fears women and considers female genitals as inadequate, filthy, etc. Connie hates her partners so seriously she fears she will do them physical violence. Connie's dream life, both waking and sloeping, is mainly concerned with heterosexual symbolism.

It comes as no shock to the reader that after four years of analysis the patient deserts her unstable Lesbian life for an unstable and promiscuous heterosexual life. In all fairness it must be stated that the author introduced his book with a few positive statements about homosexuality in general which are remarkably lenient for a psychiatrist. Among them he said that most homosexuals are "fine up standing moral and productive people". Unfortunately his subject for analysis was none of the se. More importantly, one doubts that the subject could actually be considered a Lesbian in most criteria. Connie was more a bystander watching her own life from the very edges of consciousness. Plainly it all comes down to one point; either you consider your Lesbianism to be a way of life or the symptom of an illness. Connie's was clearly the latter

Vorn Niven

CHRIST AND THE HOMOSEXUAL

Robert W. Wood, 1960.

Vantage Press, Inc.

Having been in the position of seeking a member of the clergy to speak at the forthcoming DOB convention, I for one oan certainly appreciate the courageous step taken by Reverend Wood who is the first American to tackle the subject of the homophilo and the church openly and forthright ly. Though the pioneer work has been laid by the Church of England and the Baptist Church (also in England), American ministers of the Gospel have been reluctant to face this issue squarely.

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