the Ladder

December 1961 Volume 6, Number 3

Published monthly by the Daughters of Bilitis, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, 1232 Market Street, Suite 108, San Francisco 2, California. Telephone: UNderhill 3 8196.

NATIONAL OFFICERS, DAUGHTERS OF BILITIS, INC.

President Jaye Bell

Vice President — Helen Sanders

Recording Secretary — Dottie Dee

Corresponding Secretary — Chris Hayden

Public Relations Director — Jo Carson

Treasurer — Ev Howe

THE LADDER STAFF

Editor — Del Martin

Assistant Editor

Elaine Kingston

Los Angeles Reporter Sten Russell Production Manager — Patty Patterson

Circulation Manager — Cleo Glenn

THE LADDER is regarded as a sounding board for various points of view on the homophile and related subjects and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the organization.

contents

Peace on Earth

A Christmas Message by Dol Martin............. 4

Christmas at the Inn

A Story by Colleen Stein........ 5

Gay Life in Holland by Karin Storm. Here and There....

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Hair Paychology by Carol Graco.

Cosmopolitan Provincial:

The Life and Works of Coletto by Geno Damon. Lesbiana by Gene Damon.

Mood Miscellanea..... Readers Respond..

Cover by Kathy Rogers

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