is accompanied by companionship, humor, and liking. At the same time her relationships between man and man, and between woman and woman, as well as those between men and women of all ages and backgrounds, are deeply and frankly erotio.

In all five of these categories, then, wo see that a beginning has been made. Books which would have been banned a few years ago are sold openly in most places and can be found in many other places by using a little ingenuity. Organizations such as this one, and individuals who believo in personal freedom, have helped lift the burden of censorship. This is a good beginning.

But it's only a beginning.

There is still a real need

for well-written and realistic fiction dealing with all human relationships, and especially with those not sanctioned by popular morality. For many people with conventional viewpoints, books are the only point of contact with the offbeat people. A book chosen almost at random has to interpret the adolescent to his parents, the unloved to an unloving society, the homophile to his neighbors and follow workers.

We don't ask for propaganda, which is usually unrealistic in its own way and so dull that it defeats its own purpose. We do have a right to hope for books based on two civilized principles: that any relationship between two adults, entered into by mutual consent, is legitimate; and that any relationship that makes both persons happy is good. Perhaps if we believe that strongly enough and say so often enough, not in lectures and sermons, but through the medium of interesting and readable stories, other people will come to believe it, too.

to the world, Some indeed

All human beings have a great deal to give and our minority people are no exception. have a very great deal to give, in return for freedom to be themselves. Let's be thankful for the books that have helped clear the way. and let's hope for more and better ones in the near future.

Valerio Taylor