READERS RESPOND

"YOU SAY IN THE FRONT OF THE MAGAZINE THAT THE LADDER DOESN'T NECESSARILY REFLECT THE VIEWS OF THE ORGANIZATION. IT SHOULD! How ELSE CAN YOU LET IT BE KNOWN HOW YOU FEEL? YES, IT IS A SOUNDING BOARD, BUT WHERE ARE YOUR SOUNDS? IT SHOULD BE USED TO EXPRESS THE VIEWS, NOT ONLY OF YOUR READERS, BUT ALSO YOUR VIEWS REGARDING THEIRS?"

N.T., ILLINOIS

EDITOR'S NOTE: I HAVE NEVER BEEN KNOWN TO BE QUIET WHEN I HAD SOMETHING TO SAY!

" | WONDER IF THE LADDER READERS MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN DISCUSSING, VIA THE LETTER OR ARTICLE ROUTE, A PHENOMENON OF GAY LIFE WHICH HAS LONG PUZZLED ME? THIS BUSINESS OF NEAR INFIDELITY OR, BETTER EXPRESSED, THE SHORT MARRIAGE, QUICK DIVORCE, QUICK RE-WARRIAGE SYNDROME WHICH PRVAILS IN NEARLY EVERY RANK OF LESBIAN CULTURE. I DO NOT REFER TO THE BIZARRE BAR FLY TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP CONSIDERED THE SINE QUE NON OF CERTAIN GAY NOVELS, BUT RATHER, THE UNMISTAKABLE EXISTENCE OF IMPERIVANENCE DISGUISED AS PERMANENCE.

"AS AN EXAMPLE, A VERY GOOD FRIEND OF MINE WHOM I HAVE KNOWN FOR EIGHT YEARS HAS HAD THREE PARTNERS OR MARRIAGES IN THIS TIME. ONE IN EXISTENCE AT THE TIME I MADE HER ACQUAINTANCE,

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