LESBIAN POPULATION

ON THE DECLINE?

THERE HAS BEEN MUCH ALARM IN THE LAST FEW YEARS ABOUT THE INCREASE OF HOMOSEXUALITY IN OUR SOCIETY. APPEAR THAT LESBIANISM MAY BE ON THE DECLINE.

HOWEVER, IT WOULD

DR. ANGLEY J. COALE OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY AND A U. S. REPRESENTATIVE TO THE U. N.'S POPULATION COMMISSION, RECENTLY MADE THE STATEMENT AT A DUKE UNIVERSITY SYMPOSIUM ON THE HEALTH, EDUCATION AND OTHER PROBLEMS OF THE WORLD'S ONE BILLION CHILDREN THAT "SPINSTERHOOD IS DECLINING IN THE UNITED STATES" THEREBY CONTRIBUTING TO A RAPID AND PO-

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TENTIALLY TROUBLESOME POPULATION GROWTH.

LESBIANA

BY GENE DAMON

193. THE BREAKWATER BY GEORGE M. HOLT. RINEHART & WINSTON, 1960.

ABOUT A FAMILY DOMINATED BY AN EVIL OLDER BROTHER WHO DESTROYS ALL OF THEIR LIVES WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE SISTER, JESSIE. AT 19, JESSIE FINALLY BREAKS AWAY FROM HER FAMILY AND BECOMES PART OF A GROUP OF VERY GOOD QUALITY LESBIANS: DOCTORS, CHEMISTS, LAWYERS, ETC., AND CLARA, WHO OWNS A DRESS SHOP AND BECOMES FIRST JESSIE'S EMPLOYER AND THEN HER LOVER. INCLUDES SOME VERY UPBEAT LESBIAN PROPAGANDA, BUT IN SMALL ENOUGH DOSES TO AVOID OBSCURING THE ARTISTIC VALUE.

194. DAUGHTER OF JOY BY JAMES HARVEY. NEWSSTAND LIBRARY, 1960.

STEPHANIE OLSEN PLANS A NEW "LESBOS" IN, OF ALL PLACES, A JUNGLE PARADISE. PRETTY RIDICULOUS, BUT

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