Is this naive? All

of it bears fruit.

desire for reform is naive, yet some Is it presumptuous? No, for the homosexual is part of mankind, and has already contributed much to it and his desire to have this fact recognized cannot therefore be presuming.

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Is it "defensive"? Undoubtedly so which need not be an opithet. Why should not those who have been attacked by society defend themselves before society if they care at all about society and themselves? And perhaps even deeper than the care about sooie ty but tied up with it inextricably is a care about the truth. Men will ar-

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gue for a long time about the morality of homosexuality, or about its causation; but there are certain elementary truths about homosexuals which are not known to the majority: who homosexuals are, what they are really like, that they are often decent, useful citizens, and so on. To care to see the truth brought out into the open may serve the purpose of self-justification, but it is more than that; it is a concern with something larger.

Inner peace may indeed require a partial withdrawal from what the world says and thinks. But if such a withdrawal is complete, then there is no larger concern or responsibility. And the homosexual must either shut himself up in his own "gay" world, or he must be content to move in the outside world in disguise forever. This is a plea for involvement, and not withdrawal,

Florence Conrad

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British Reject Homosexual Law

THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT RECENTLY REJECTED AGAIN A BID TO MAKE PRIVATE HOMOSEXUAL ACTS BY CONSENTING ADULTS LEGAL. LABORITE KENNETH ROBINSON ASKED THE GOVERNMENT TO CARRY OUT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE 1957 WOLFENDEN COMMITTEE ON VICE, SUGGESTING THAT HOMOSEXUAL ACTS IN PRIVATE BETWEEN CONSENTING ADULTS NO LONGER BE A CRIMINAL OFFENSE. THE LAWMAKERS VOTED 213 TO 99 AGAINST CHANGING THE LAW.

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