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From your bookseller or DORIAN BOOK SERVICE, 693 Mission Street, San Francisco 5, California. Published by PAN-GRAPHIC PRESS (First in the MatMcbine Lectures on Contemporary Thought) And in CALLING SHOTS---C ongressm an John Dowd Proposes a Bill to Outlaw Washington Mattachine|s Fund-Raising Privilege in the District of Columbia' was needed on the floor of die House. mattacliine We will report fur^er on this in September. EREEWnEEYXyFoaoded In 1954-Flint Iniun Jtniuuy 1955 ATTITUDES TOWARD HOMOSEX UALS AND SPREAD OP V. D. Volume IX AUGUST 1963 Number 8 n Recently, an article from the ned- Editor ical magazine, General Practice, lot HAROLD L. CALL June, 1962 CTair, J. D. F., 1962, Astociat€ Editor TABLE OF CONTENTS “ The Male Homosexual and Vener LEWIS C. CHRISTIE eal Disease," General Practice 25 BuMintit Managtr 2 CALLING SHOTS DONALD S. LUCAS (6): 91-97, June, 1962)^ was brought 4 THE HYPOCRISY OF SEXUAL MORALITY to out attention. Some of that art Trtagurtr SPECIAL LAW REQUESTED by Harold L. Call icle beats repeating here: “ To en 0. CONRAD BOWMAN, JR. BY representative DOWDY sure his health, the male who is Editorial Board 17 UTERARY SCENE ROLLAND HOWARD Hon. John Dowdy, U.S. Represent partic^ating in homosexual rela WALLACE DE ORTEGA 27 H. R. 5990 ative from Texas has introduced a tions should have routine examina MAXEY 22 Extension of Remarks of Congressman Dow- bill (See page 21) into Congress lot tions for venereal disease. Check dy for the express purpose of revoking ups based upon sexual activity, and 25 UNPOPULAR CAUSES, Editorial from The the license to solicit funds issued not merely upon symptomatology Trademark Registered Washington Post to the Ifattachine Society of Wash (which may never develop), are de U.S. Patent Office ington. An extension of his remarks sirable. 28 READERS WRITE Published monthly by the is reprinted on page 22 from the ap “ Unfcrtunately homosexuals gen Mattacbine Society» Inc., 693 30 CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENTS pendix to the Congressional Record. erally do not recognize the import Mission Street» San Francis co 5, California» Telephone: The bill was referred to the Com ance of tiiis. Many are lulled into a DOuglas 2-3799 mittee on the District of Columbia feeling of false security because Copyright 1963 hy the Matta- and came up for hearing on August of the mistaken belief tiiat venereal chme Society» Inc. Ninth year of publication. Matia- gtb, when the Mattachine Society of disease, in a fashion analogous to chine Foundation. Inc», es Washington was represented by its pregnancy, is an exclusive compli tablished in 1930 at Los An geles; Mattachine Society president, Astronomer Dr. Franklin cation of heterosexual relations. formed in 1933 and ebartered Kameny. This erroneous concept that vener as non-profit, non-partisan, educational, research, and SPECIAL NOTICE TO ALL SUBSCRIBERS j As of this printing, little has been eal infections are never or but sel social service corporation in New Pestìi Retulaiioas ind lislog costs mike It Im- reported to us regnrding that hear dom acquired through homosexual' California. Founded in lbs petailve that you MUST notify the Mattacbine REVIEW public interest for the pur office of any chin(c of iddreii. We muai have all chan- ing. Apparently, Rep. Dowdy waved practices may lead to indiscrim- pose of providing accurate gei of addtcii at lean 30 dayi ptlotto moving. Please akft a couple of recent issues of t'innte promiscuity. And when symp information and informedopin- ceopctsie with the REVIEW and help us to save money | ion leading to solution of sex ______In this Important area. the Mattacbme REVIEW, and opined toms develop, the misinformed ho- behavior problems, particu ADVERTISEMENTS: Accepted only from publlahets ot | that it was obscene; but the Matta- nDsexonl msy tend to discount their larly those of the homosex ual adult. authors of books, magazines, periodicals; and book-i chine Society of Washington can significance. sellers concerned with sexological subjects. Rates on ^ The REVIEW is available on ______requeat. hardly be held responsible for that. “ Furtiier, the homosexual lacks many U.S, newsstands at 75r MANUSCRIPTS) Original siilcles, levlsws,"knags andi But nevermind... at this point the the protection afforded somepto- per copy, and hy subscripHon (mailed in plain, sealed en significant opinion, and appropriate abort aprirà sol- hearing was Interrupted. A quotum (CoBiiaaed on pa|a 26) velope), Rates in advance: lelted for publieaiien on a no-fee basis. Please Ineludel flrat claaa postage fot reutn. i S7.30 per year. 1 2 i Printed in U. S. A. - .1 was needed on the floor of the House. mattaclilne We will report further on this in September. EREEWnEEOTFounded in 1954-First Issue January 1955 ATTITUDES TOWARD HOMOSEX UALS AND SPREAD OF V. D. Volume IX AUGUST 1963 Number 8 Recently, an article &om the ned- Editor HAROLD L. CALL ical magazine. General Practice, loi I June, 1962 (Tarr, J. D. F., 1962, Associate Editor TABLE OF CONTENTS “ The Male' Homosexual and Vener LEWIS C. CHRISTIE eal Disease,” General Practice 25 Business Manager 2 CALLING SHOTS DONALD S. LUCAS (6): 91-97, June, 1962), was brought 4 THE HYPOCRISY OF SEXUAL MORALITY to our attention. Some of that art Treasurer SPECIAL LAW REQUESTED by Harold L. Call icle bears repeating here: “ To en 0. CONRAD BOWMAN, JR. BY REPRESENTATIVE DOWDY sure his health, the male who is Editorial Board 17 LITERARY SCENE ROLLAND HOWARD Hon. John Dowdy, U.S. Represent partic^ating in homosexual rela WALLACE DE ORTEGA 27 H. R. 5990 ative from Texas has introduced a tions should have routine examina MAXEY 22 Extension of Remarks’of Congressman Dow- bill (See page 21) into Congress for tions for venereal disease. Check dy for the express purpose of revoking ups based upon sexual activity, and 25 UNPOPULAR CAUSES, Editorial from Tie the license to solicit funds issued not merely upon symptomatology Trademark Registered Washington Post 1 to the hbttachine Society of Wash (which may never develop), are de U.S, Patent O/fice ington. An extension of his remarks sirable. 28 READERS WRITE i Published monthly by the i^eprinted on page 22 from the ap- “ Unf otunately homosexuals gen Mattachine Society. Inc., 693 30 CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENTS ^ndixtothe Congressional Record. erally do not recognize the import Mission Street, San Francis The bill vBS referred to the Com ance of this. Many are lulled into a co 5. California. Telepbonet Douglas 2-3799 mittee on the District of Columbia feeling of false security because Copyright 1963 by the Matta- and came up for hearing on August of the mistaken belief that venereal cbhte Society, Inc, Ninth year of publication. Matta- 8th, when the Mattachine Society of disease, in a fashion analogous to chine Foundation, Inc., es Washington was represented by its < pregnancy, is an exclusive compli- tablished in 1950 at Los An geles; Mattachine Society president, Astronomer Dr. Franklin ' cation of heterosexual relations. formed in 1933 and chartete'd Kameny. ’ This erroneous concept that vener as non-profit, non-partisan, educational, research, and SPECIAf. NOTICE TO ALL SUBSCRIBERS As of this printing, little has been eal infections are never or but sel social service corporation in New (Aisial Regulacions and rising costs mske it im- reported to us regarding that hear dom acquired through homosexual California, Founded in the perscive that you MUST notify the Mattachine REVIEW public interest' for the pur office of any change of addteas. We must have all chan ing. Apparently, Rep,. Dowdy waved practices may lead to indiscrim pose of providing accurate ges of address at leait-}0 days prior to moving. Please aloft a couple of recent issues of inate promiscuity. And when symp information and informed opin cooperate With the REVfEW and help ui to save money ion leading to solution of 'spx ______in this important area. the Nattachine REVIEW, and opined toms devebp, the misinformed ho- behavior problems, particu ADVERTISEMENTS: Accepted only from publishers or that it was obscene; but the Matta nosexual may tend to discount their larly those of the homosex ual adult. authors of books, magazines, periodicals! and book- chine Society of Washington can significance. sellers concerned with sexological subjects. Rates on The REVIEW is available on ______request. hardly be held responsible for that. “ Further, the homosexual lacks many U.S. newsstands at 73t MANUSCRIPTS! Original articles, reviews, Iciiars and But nevermind... at this point the the protection afforded somepro- per copy, and by subscripHon (mailed in plain, sealed en significant opinion, and appropriate short stories sol hearing was interrupted. A quotum (COBtiautd 00 po|« 26) velope). Rates in advance; icited for publication on a no-fee basis. Please include S7.30 per year. first class postage for return. 2 Printed in U. S. A. Following U tho flnt of a gorlot of flvo sax talkg pnparod end dollvorod hlldllHJZ'l u7 L*ocfcr.fcto r«i/n/i,gCoi,/.i-.nc* of Tho Protporot, her home. She was getting out on account of her “ old man’’ (actually her hold at Hetol klromar In Santa Barbara, CaUfomla, July 13.29. Tho Pros- poros la a rollate^ueetlonal organisation which conducts formal classes step father) was making passes at her, and her “ old lady’’ was drunk all In various loealltlos In many states of the United States. Its basic purpose the time, she said. We have had calls from jails, and from people who de Is to sponsor ^search, study and education In the new frontiers of the haart, the mind and the spirit. The Prosperos alms to bring the spiritual clared th'ey were about to commit suicide. We have sent couples to mar fcar/tag* of the ages Into a practical working hypothesis with the science riage counselors to attempt to ward off divorce because of sexual incomr at the Ofom/c.spoca age. Lectures, closed classes, group ^nam lcs, coun seling and youth guidance In the area of straight thinking In the abstract patibility. We have helped put people into mental hospitals, and we have constitute Its major program. Thus the sex leetlure series, as training for helped get them out. Prospero counselors, wo* designed to east off age-old myths and taboos so that varied aspects of human sex behavior could be viewed In the light In short, we have been called upon for help by thousands of adult men of truth and reality. It Is planned that the entire series will be Issu ^ln periranent book form as one In the series of "Mattachlne Lectures In Con and women who suffer from one kind of sexual conflict or another. Some of temporary Thought" within the next few months. them are paying a very high penalty for it-they received an undesirable discharge from the armed forces, they were arrested by a policeman in a toiletwho was lingering at a urinal and slowly stroking his penis to entice a suspectedihomosexual into making a proposition, or they lost a job when the boss was told the employee, was a sex deviate. The Hypocrisy of I submit at the outset that many of these evils and injustices surround ing our “ sexual problems’’ which so often result in a fantastic waste of S eacu a.1 M o r a l i t y manpower and skill and talent constitute a luxury which modem society cannot afford. The perpetuated myth of current moral standards makes for hypocrisy and corruption which will, if not checked, literally mean the HAROLD L. CALL, President,; Mattachine Society, Inc. possible destruction of freedoms we regard as dear to our way of life. In these talks we may resort to .some of the four-letter words. I have not During the past ten years in the Mattachine Society, I have prob seen the controversial Dictionary of American Slang which has so incensed ably talked to more people about their intimate sex problems than many some of our educators and legislators, but 1 trust that the few four-letter therapists ever reach. Wives who have discovered homosexual husbands words we shall use will not shock nor will they be vague in meaning. Re have com^ to us. A Superior Court Judge in a Northern California county cently Bishop James Pike of San Francisco talked to a group of friends of came to us and revealed that he was a man who wanted to dress in women’s the San Francisco Public Library on the subject of censorship and he clothes; a woman who was a rape victim and turned frigid came to us. She brought up the subject of the four-letter Anglo-Saxon words which describe admitted she was frightened at the thought of marrying a nnn, and in des sex and certain bodily functions. peration she tried to turn lesbian and that didn’t work either, because she “ It is really too bad we cannot use these punchy little four-letter words,” just was not cut out to be a lesbian. Male hustlers, female prostitutes, he said. “ Instead we have to resort to polysyllabic Greek and Latin de and a whole spectrum of sexual beings have beaten a path to our door. rivatives to say the same thing, while the four-letter words are infinitely Last week an 18-year-old youth came to us, wanted help in finding a job more expressive and everyon^ knows exactly what they mean.” so he could leave hone because he was a homosexual and feared his folks Four-letter words or, not, let me emphasize that it is not the intention in would put him away if they found out about him. We urged him to return this series to be scatological, prurient, or meretricious. Nor do we present home,.continue his education, and to maintain the best possible relation any material which will fall into the category of the obscene. ship with his parents, and at least get the advice of some professional This is a report without judgment on facts and realities>of sjex behavior counselors, and be certain of having a satisfactory job before he made any and an attempt to outline an acceptable code or attitude which is believed plunges. Onthesameday an 18-year-old^girl, beautiful and stylishly dress to be in line with the best thinking of experts in"^he'behavioral sciences, ed came to our office and wanted to know how she could learn to operate law, religion and education. I respectfully ask that students give serious a lithograph printing press because she m s going to have to get out of consideration to ideas presented, compare and weigh them against present knowledge on the subject> and then discard that which is found wanting. ^ m4U»0€4/He RKVIEW Please do not be resistant to .change, because change is going on whether in bed has been going on almost since the beginning of time! we like it or not. Therefore I call upon you to accept the challenge of i At a lecture in San Francisco in 1955, Dr. Kinsey told the audience of change, just as Thomas Jefferson did some 160 years ago. His acceptance about a thousand persons-mostly middle-aged women-this little story as of the challenge is engraved in the wall of the Jefferson Memorial in Wash an introduction: ington, D.C.: “ I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and con ) "Ladies and Gentlemen, if the sex laws of the state of California were stitutions. But laws and constitutions must go hand in hand with the pro rigidly enforced, ninety-five percent of you wouldn’t be here tonight. You gress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlight would be in jail.” At this most people in the audience looked sideways at ened, as new discoveries are made, new truths discovered, and mannas their neighbor seated by them-I presume to see who would be in jail-and and opinions change with the change of circumstances, institutions must considerable embarrassment was manifest when so many persons looking advance also to keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man at each other Taced a silent mom.ent erf truth. to wear the coat which fitted him as a boy as civilized society to remain What was actually happening in those embarrassed glances was this: under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors.” Many persons for the first time were looking at sexual hypocrites, and In facing the reality of sex, we aren’t even wearing children’s coats- were realizing that they themselves were also sexual hypocrites. Most of we’re still wearing diapers! , us, or almost every one of us who has had much sexual experience has Dr. Rene Guyon, the eminent French jurist from the faculty of the Uni committed one or more sexual acts which are at least misdemeanors if not versity of Paris and now an advisor for the government of Thailand, wrote felonies in California. As will be pointed out later in the series, many of in 1932 on the topic of the legitimacy of sexual acts and the principles of our innocent and mutually consenting private sex acts are actually crimes sexual freedom that one of the great social needs was a reform of the dis which could draw up to 14 years in prison in this state, or even greater astrous and chaotic system in the sexual sphere which is, so pernicious sentences in states such as Nevada or Georgia. Yet marriage counselors, for mankind, especially in the Western World. in advising couples to use varied types of foreplay, are guilty of advocat He called conventional sexual morality a "hideous bondage.” He urged ing these crimes!! Tus in his books, Ihe Ethics of Sexual Acts and A Case for Sexual Free dom, to seek liberation from this bondage in order to achieve a better life Very few of rfs can look deeply into our experience and not find some thing we have done in sex which, if it wouldn’t land us in jail, at least and a life more in harmony with healthy nature. tie a terrible stigma upon us. Then why are we so prone to stigmatize pub- Opinions on sexual ethics in twentieth century society. Dr. Guyon con licly-often with lasting damage to the personality-those feW people who tinued, are changing with lightening speed. At the time he made this state are caught and called upon to pay a savage penalty for what the multitude ment 35 years ago, the ’^orld League for Sexual Reform, founded in Ger many by Dr. Magnus Hitschfeld, had not yet fallen victim to Hitler, and is doing? there was indeed some real progress in the spreading of knowledge about This stigma finds its greatest expression in the discharging of persons the reality of human sexual behavior. Information derived on a scientific from the armed services as "undesirables” after intensive investigations basis was coming forward, and in most of Central Europe a considerable into their private lives. If one needs an example of how sexual stigma can work, Idok across the sexual freedom was achieved which matched that of the Latin countries of Atlantic today to England. The Rtrfumo case doesn’t have to be repeated the south and Scandinavia in the north. England, of course, held out. So here—out newspapers have covered every aotchy detail of it for us already. did the entire English-speaking world. It is current proof that sexual indulgence and stigma of it can topple a The break marking an accelerated smashing of the conspiracy of silence government-since we are told this is going to happen. A few months ago on sexual matters in our own country came in 19i8 when Dr. Alfred Kinsey another British Foreign Office case involved a homosexual. A couple of and his associates published the volume on the sexual behavior ^ f the years ago an American career diplomat in Warsaw returned to Washington, human male. Some of us were shocked. Most of us were surprised-not so D.C., for trial in disgrace, after being blackmailed by a woman. Literally much that we learned that there was a lot of sex going on, but more secret thousands of such cases take place every year. Involving little known ly because we found out that so many of our fellow citizens were doing so persons and there is no headline about it. Yet the terrible stigma is there many of the things we were doing and thought no one else did, or even knew about. There is nothing neiv sexually. What people are doing today just the same. first thing a mother wants to know. Doctors have declared that those are In New York state, divorce laws require that adultery be proved before a the first words spoken, ..at least as soon as the genitals emerge in the marriage can be dissolved. P/iany thousands of divorces are gt^otcd there birth process and the identification is certain. every year on this basis-admitted evidence of adulterous behavior by ei This sex differentiation leads off a whole chain of manifestations which ther the husband or wife. Io)oking further we see that adultery is also a develop and increase throughout out period of growth. Sexual hungers as misdemeanor criminal offence in New York. Can you imagine how many sert themselves at an early age-they are natural. But we give in to them cases of prosecution of crime under this statute take place in a year in only if we are unaware of what they are. A mother, for instance, noticed a New York? Yes, you guessed it-almost none. lusty laugh in a seven-month-old-boy when she pulled back the foreskin This gives lis a picture of the “ double standard.” And where does it all of his penis in bathing. She was a little shocked, however, when she was come from? Unfortunately it comes basically from our religious heritage- assured that her infant son was indeed getting a sexual thrill in the pro an anti-sexuality made into a taboo in the ancient Jewish culture, taken cess. We permit children to bounce upon the crossed leg of an adult in into Christianity, refined to utmost severity by narrow sectarian groups “ rocking horse” fashion, because the kids enjoy it so much. But shall such as the Puritans, codified into our law, and brought forward to shackle we keep it up if we are told that the little boy or girl enjoys it so much us today. because unconsciously-yet very naturally-it is a kind of sexual plea Two recognized research psychologists, Drs. Phyllis and Eberhard liron- sure? Or shall we condemn it? hausen, call this a mania for clinging to sexual misery in our culture today. Dr. Kinsey once told of taking the “ sex histories” of small children;. 8 «MS 9 5. 92% had masturbated with some significant frequency. Kinsey himself Nevertheless women, in carrying down from ancient times the practice estimated that if the men could answer completely and honestly, 98% of of wearing lip rouge might wince a little if they knew how the custom them had enpged in masturbation. Privately he suggested that the only started. According to Allen Edwardes and R. E. L. Masters, in a book '^reason the other2% didn’t was because, physically and psychically speak called The Cradle of Erotica, the custom started in ancient Egypt, but not ing, they could not. But they probably tried I every woman wore it. Only those who were experienced at and adept at the act of foliating men wore lip rouge-as a mark of their experience and skill. Ibrning to women, Kinsey found: Oral sex contact between men and women, or between any two persons, for 1. 64% had responded to orgasm by one means or another prior to mar that matter, wasn’t so frowned upon then. And even today it still isn’t as riage. tabooed in Egypt, Arabia, Turkey, northeastern Africa and the Middle East 2. About 50% had had pre-marital intercourse (among college graduates as in the Western World. There is probably no more or less of it practiced, this increased to 60%). but it just isn’t as tabooed, therefore there is less neurosis, less guilt, 3. 26% had sex with men other than their husbands. and less mental illness about it than we have been able to achieve at the 4. 43% admitted mouth contact cm a man's genitals. This) of course, is a cost of considerable effort over the centuries. „form of sodomy, punishable in 49 of out 50 states today with jail sent But on we go with sexual development-the educational aspect of which ences of 6 months up to life imprisonment-even if conducted in private be is a fleeting catch-as-catch-can if there ever was one. From our older as tween married partners. sociates we learn the four-letter words, the reproductive process, and even 5. 28%-more than one woman out of every four interviewed-admitted about such things as masturbation as we approach puberty. But insofar as homosexual experience with other women, and about half of these wonen adequate and proper sex education is concerned, we learn many ' ‘DON*Ts” admitted the experience culminated in an orpsm. and very few “ DOs” except the old adult prejudices and dire warnings of 6. Masturbation among women is widespread also. Of women who went to disaster if we fail to fall in step with the prevalent repression of our sex pade school, 28% had done it; among high school graduates, almost 60% ual drives. had enpged in it, and the figure rose to a little over that for women who How we can expect.a healthy maturity in sexual attitudes and ability to had gone to college and taken postgraduate work. perform when all we do is deny sex to our young adults at the time when In general, other “ crazy results” showed up. For instance 98% of the their drive and capacity is the greatest is hard to answer, but nevertheless lower educated men had had pre-marital intercourse, meaning the lower- we do just that. educated male was less inhibited, and more prone to fling the moral stand This goes on until the time when a young man and woman marry. From ards to the wind. But among the women, the opposite was true-the lower- virtually no adequate sex education, and from a constant denying of the educated females adhered to the moral standards more closely-probably sexual urge, the young husband and wife just joined in wedlock ate sup through a fear of prepancy-while tiie higher-educated woman was much posed suddenly to be expert at the art. , freer in her pre-marital experiences. That’s the accepted moral standard. Is it adhered to? Does it work? Is it Then, in the highest educated persons of both sexes he found the peat- the best standard for an enlightened society to follow? est number who tried out tiie “ varieties” -different positions in coitus, The moral standard we are discussing is not adhered to. Going back to masturbation and homosexual contacts; and here also he found the great the Kinsey studies-for which today we would, by Kinsey’s own personal est frequency of oral and anal genital contacts among heterosexuals. prediction in 1955 have to increase many of the percentages-we find some of the following things (here he is talking about males): Does this leave any doubt that we are a nation of sexual hypocrites? 1. Allovang for “ cover-up” by the persons interviewed, he found that Remenber that every statistical excerpt from the Kinsey studies men half of all the males hdVe intercourse with women other than their wives, tioned here-except masturbation in solitude—is actually a report on a sex this taking place while they are manied. And 85% of the males had had crime in all our 50 states when the data was obtained (two years ago Illi pre-marital intercourse! nois changed its laws so that consenting sex acts between adults in pri 2. 59% had some kind of mouth-genital contact with their wives. vate were no longer illep l). These acts, then, are still crimes in the other 3. 70% had had some relations with prostitutes. 49 states. Remember also that many of the so-called perversions and harm 4. 37% had had a homosexual contact after age IS which led to orpsm. ful sex acts aré not included statistically^in the fipres mentioned. We have not been concerned with rape, sexual assault of the young, hunsn- in nations of more wisdom and maturity.” And so it does. animal contacts, necrophilia and a number of the “ truly bizarre and wierd" Here we could mention that the heterosexual variations mentioned above, kinds of sex, which most of us, I am sure would wish to avoid for our as well as private bomosexuai expressions, are not outlawed in most na'^ selves and others. tions of Western Europe, but for the most part are outlawed with a vent, Most of our politicians, our police, our social workers, and our ministers geance only in the English-speaking Christian world and Germany and some keep on saying that Americans find the behavior forms we have previously parts of the Iron Curtain sphere. And actually the number of people shack-j cited as objectionable and therefore we must maintain out old puritanical led with this particular yoke of antisexuality includes only about 25% of| attitudes against sex. But might we not ask, just WHO is really objecting? the world’s population. East and West I Surely the multitude of people-and that includes the vast majority of u s- This is not to say that the Western religions-the Jewish and the Chris- are not objecting, because the statistics show we are participating in the tian-are totally anti-sexual. Our quarrel is not with these more liberal very thing we are said to object to. Then perhaps that is exactly the an elements, but mth the more restrictive ones. swer—we are sexual hypocrites because we are dabbling considerably in Oddly enough, Protestantism, which hatched the most puritanical and what we consider forbidden, and we are afraid that if we don’t condemn it anti-sexual codes in centuries past, is today a nesting place for some of loudly enough, someone else will suspect we are doing the things morality , the most liberal attitudes toward sexual morality and behavior. While the says we shouldn’t ! official Roman Catholic position still holds the function of sex is ptoae- That can go on and on, with one of us afraid of another about these things ation and that sex is not to be indulged in for pleasure alone, a growing uptil a formidable cloud of neurosis and guilt .can-and does-form to con number of Protestant clergymen ate subscribing to the view expressed by fuse us all. When all of is are a little sick about our own sex, and our own Theobgian Dr. Seward Hiltner, who believes diat no cooflbt exists be human weakness-or better, our human nature—to conform to what we are tween the flesh and the spirit of man. he says that since man is a “ whole supposed to, then we find that Society itself is sick and we, individually or total being, sex is good if it serves the fulfillment of man as a total and collectively, are a part of the disease. The disease isn’t sex, itself, being.” but our attitude toward it. In the book, The tUble and the World of Dr. Kinsey, Dr. William Cole, a professor of religion at Williams College, put it even mote strongly: “ There Our varied sex behavior forms are so widespread, have existed so long can be no quarrel with the secular world-at this pobt (about sex beug in human history, and have resisted law and the threat of burning in hell good and not evil b itself). It is right and the church has been wrong. Sex for so long that perhaps it is time to admit they are NOT weaknesses of is natural and good... it is attitudes which are good and evil, never thugs. the flesh, and not some flaw in the nature of man, and not some devil’s Those who take the Bible seriously must stop apologizing for sex. They way of causing us to offend God. They are not even a Communist conspir must begin with a concession to the secular mind, granting that which is acy, because recently Russia admitted having the same problems! Here, natural. I suggest that the varied forms of sexual behavior are simply a part of na "In its efforts to prevent irresponsible procreation. Western Civilization ture. I urge others to regard them so. I remember Dr. Kinsey once said that has used the device of what Freud called the walls of loathbg, guilt and the only unnatural sex act is that which one cannot perform. Then let’s shame. On the whole this method of social control has worked reasonably start accepting the fact, and chuck into the rubbish can a lot of the prud well, but a price has been paid for its success-the price of sexual perver ish nonsense the anti-sexualists are feeding us. sion, which Is most often the product of fear and anxiety,..the method of In this vein, a woman from Brooklyn wrote to Time magazine in 1955 and moralism has been weighed in the balance and found wanting, partly be said: cause it moves in a wrong direction, and partly because it baaed its casp "What married people do in bed is no more the business of lawmakers on fear.*’ than it is the way they cook their eggs when they get up. The general David Boroff, writing on Sex and Religion in a national magazbe, said, American attitude that conventional sexual intercourse is the only "proper” "Much of Protestantism no longer wishes to be identified with repression expression of sexual desite-and worse, the legislating of that attitude-is and purltanisim a hangover from the Puritan fathers, from whom so few of us descended. Professor Roger Shinn of New York’s Union Theobglcal Seminary has The prudery and naivete of such an attitude must make us a laughing stock added; "Repressbn! is a Christian heresy.” He went on to say that "In That’s a typical reply, and it may have validity. But how inadequate are this countiy puritanism... has been' hostile to the expression of sexual we going to remain-the prudery expressed above exacts much &om our feeling. But in recent years, these concepts are being re-examined by lead youngadults. And so many times it shows up in frigidity, impotence, heart ing theologians. Some of them now argue that puritanism, when it insists break, frustration and so on. that sex is evil, actually is a distortion of Chrictian doctrine. These think This discussion has left many questions unanswered, except to advocate ers havetieen influenced not only by recent biblical scholarship, but also that in place of the restrictive and impossible traditional morals code, we by the findings of psychiatry, especially in the revelation ofthepsychic must look at sexual behavior in terms of reality and nature instead of in damage that may be done by sexual repression. terms of an eleventh commandment which seems to state “ Thou shall not In England, the Anglican Church, some elements of the Roman Catholic have sex and feel good.” Church, and the Quakers (Society of Friends) are all now outspokenly cal Education in sexual matters is most important It must start at ages ling for a newer and more liberal sexual code for all adults, within res earlier than the pussyfoot attempts at sex education do today. It must be ponsible limits. more general, it must reach the fearful and emotionally reactionary middle - A recent Quaker report holds that pre-marital intercourse between young class in our culture. Stressing the responsibility of one’s acts must be lovers who often ultimately marry is commonplace and not such a sin as there. And the belief that once one has engaged in a sexual act before we might think. “ Where there is tenderness,” the report states, “ and open marriage, or outside marriage, makes him changed, inferior, sinful, loath ness to responsibility and the seed of commitment, then God is surely not some, shameful and disgusting-these ideas must be forever swept away. shut out.” Too many facts prove that it just isn’t so. Then an Anglican, Canon D. A. Rhymes of Southwark Cathedral in Eng Let’s start de-emphafeizing what we comfortably call the “ norm.” Or at land, stated, “ Sex is unavoidably tainted by the traditional moral code.” least, if we must cling to such a concept, let’s start being realistic. Sure Yet, he said, there is no trace of this teaching in the attitude of Christ. ly when 8 out of 10 males are having sex with persons other than their “ Christ does not exalt virginity over marriage, or marriage over virginity. wives, and six out of ten females are doing the same thing with persons He doesn’t even-suggest that sexuality, as such, is undesirable, or that who are nottheir husbands, then the “ faithful and so-called sexually pure” marriage is the only possible expression of a physical sexual relation man and woman are NOT the-norm in-*ny swisei— ship.” Next let’s start taking an unemotional look at some of our problems Canon Rhymes went on to declare that the moral code of today is being which result &om our anti-sexual moral codes. ignored because it is outdated.,We need to replace traditional code with a Dr. Albert Ellis has stated that the beautiful people in the world are the morality which is related to the person and the needs of a person. We must ones who have a lot of sex, and the ugly ones are those who do not. That emphasize love and not an inflexible unfeeling morality.” sounds pretty apt, and while it was meant with some flippancy, we all can These ideas ate gaining ground with intelligent people. But they ate a see that there are a lot of not-so-pretty people about. But his statement long way from universal in our culture. Instead, the advocates of chastity, didn’t refer so much tpthe physical attributes of beauty, as it refers to the nyth, and unreality, and those who preach “ curb your instincts” still get beautiful things about a person-development of individuality, acceptance the loudest voice. of the reality of nature and life about us, an awareness of responsibility, Patents who may have had pre-marital intercourse themselves and then a manifestation of joy in living, and a lot of other things, like kindness, married at 18, are today “ shocked” when they learn their 19-year-old soji appreciation, sensitivity, understanding of others and so oh. | is sexually intimate with his girl friend of the same age. They write to the Those are easy concepts to kick around, but for many of us, they are “ advice to the lovelorn” columnists, and whether it’s Ann Landers or Mol difficult to achieve, and, as 1 have been trying to point out, the problem of ly Mayfield, the answers ate always about the same: accepting our sexual natures is often at the bottom of the maze of symp It is not abnormal for your son to want to be intimate with his toms—symptoms which in so many cases hold us ensnarled and miserable. girl friend. The experience might heighten their chances for a True enough, there are not easy answers to the problems of divorce, sui successful marriage. But you should tell your son in plain lang cide, abortion-and with it, birth cootrol-and so on. The perplexity of uage that he’s playing a dangerous game, and that he can wreck ' these problems breed others which tend to compound the massive total of his future as well as ruin the life of his girlfriend. human waste—such as alcoholism, drug addiction, and other socially des tructive things which we can extend to material and property-embezzle ment, theft, greed and envy, and so on. Today we make a lot of effort treating these evils, these; symptoms, and LITERARY««» erect monuments tothe reality of these social problems in ^»form of men I tal hospitals, jails (which we euphemistically call treatment centers) for An Informal column of rovlowM of fiction and certain offenders, and correctional institutions and prisons. nan‘flctlon books on thomos of sox variation GENE DAMON It isn’t necessary to elaborate here on how well our system is working. During a recent “ mental health week,” we learned that about one out of T raditionally summer is the time to catch up on your reading, every five Chlifomians will spend part of his life in a mental hospital. and to follow this tradition I’ve compiled a list of capsule reviews of ti Should we be proud of this? I think not. Should we try to build more mental tles you may have missed and a list of mysteries with substantial homo hospitals? Again, 1 think not. Then what is the answer? sexual content or characters at both. I The answer isn’t simple, but I would Uke to suggest one simple place to T ie Ree&ead by Alfred Andersch, Pantheon, 1%1, Popular Library, 1962 start finding it: Examine closely and realistically our sex codes which we Good political noveí of the aftermath of war with a believable pair of have been discussing, and throw away the myths and taboos. Give a green male homosexuals in ar tragic psychological duel based on past events. light to the enlightened social scientists, and then put into action the re j commendations they are making so that we can finally get into step with T ie Angry Tíme by Leonard Bishop, Frederick Fell, I960, Monarch, 1961 reality and nature. Make My Bed in Hell by Leonard Bishop, Fawcett Gold Medal, 1%1 This isn’t so sweeping a recommendation, nor am I the first obe to make Both of these titles have substantial homosexual characters and fast it. Many braver and more knowledgeable spokesmen have said so time and moving plots. Tie Angry Time is the better done novel, but readers will again. But the headway these people should be making is slow indeed, be enjoy a new re-hashing of the James Dean story in Make My Red in Hell. cause we face such big obstacles in educating and applying knowledge Pilgrims in tie Zoo by Bruce Brooks, Boston, Beacon Press, 1960 where it counts-with the individual, you and me. This is a very special collection of short stories. The entire book has It is probably safe to say that each of us recognizes in oiu deepest self an aura of homosexuality (both male and female) and some of the stories that in addition to human beings with mind and spirit, we are sexual crea are major treatments. The macabre tone will discourage some readers, but tures. Then why are we afraid to admit it? Kill that fear, replace it with the writing is excellent. This book was overlooked almost entirely by re knowledge, responsibility, and the courage of our own conviction, and we viewers although it was published by one of the really distinguished will have made the first great step toward a solution to the problems we small presses in this country. have been talking about. Earlier in the discussion we mentioned that Thomas Jefferdon said, "We Master of T its Vessel by Gwyn Griffin, Holt, Rinehart 2k Winston, 1961, might as well require a man to wear the coat which fitted him as a boy as Avon, 1962 to require civilized society to remain under the regimen of their barbarous In a plodding and sullen style we are told the slow moving tale of a ship in trouble, the untried man who mist make the decisions and the reactions ancestors.” Let’s have the guts that Jefferson had. Let’s accept the challenge of of the crew. There is substantial homosexual content, but it isn’t easy change, and cast off the handcuffs of hypocrisy and lies. , reading. It’s very probable we won’t be having much more sex as a result. But we Sons of the Fathers by N. Martin Kramer, Macmillan, 1959 will be having it under conditions more devoid of fear and furtiveness, and This woman ^ a tr ic e Ann Wright) produced what is considered by some with greater responsibility and joy. An uglier world cannot possibly re a most excellent lesbian novel in her T ie Hearth and the Strangeness. This sult, so the achievement has to be one of greater beauty, understanding novel concerns six college friends, one boy is clearly homosexual and and harmony. well handled and another is a sort of "reader’s choice.” Deserves wide reading. | 1 i Naked in a Cactus Garden by Jesse L. Lasky, Jt., Bobbs-Msrrill, 1961, Popular Library, 1962 the late 1950s. Almost every possible type of male homosexual is includ Portrait of a "big man" on his way oat as seen by his family, current ed in the book, from minor to very major roles. There is also a substantial friends, enemies (both conent and former) and his son. The son hates him lesbian character. The book is very well written, and belongs on the shelf with good reason. The boy is a honosexual and sensitive. This is not an of every semi-complete homosexual library. adjective one could apply to the father, a ham-headed sort of fellow. He For those of you who have somehow missed Donald Webster Cory’s The blindly buys the boyta night with a prostitute to "make a man of him" and Homosexual in America, there is a paperback reprint out, published by all those stomach-turning cliches. Fortunately, the author includes that Paperback Library for 75^. However, this one deletes the wonderful ap other cliche: she has a heart of gold (the prostitute, not the author). De pendices and this really reduces the value of the book. spite some sillyness, the book will hold your attention. Spare Her Heaven by Morgan Ives, Monarch, 1963 Love and Friendship by Alison Lurie, Macmillan, 1962 Despite that misleading title, this has a substantial and sympathetic Another in the endless parade of college novels, this one all about the male homosexual in an important role. Loyal readers of Mattacbine Review faculty, and what a faculty! Actually, most of the hi-jinks are heterosex will recall having read an excellent excerpt from another novel by Morgan ual, but a great deal' of the plot and most d the wit in the bóok is told to Ives in the Review some months ago. us through a homosexual "analyzing" the events for a friends The homo sexual is entirely off-stage, and we get his opinuons, etc., in the form of All of the above ate well worth reeding, but when you really want to be lengthy letters at the ends of the chapters. The letters are toanequally lazy in that hammook for the afternoon, pick up one of these homosexual gay boy in New York City. Recommended for its humor. mysteries. There are more than a hundred mysteries that feature male ho mosexuals and half that many featuring lesbians. Many of these use these Clock Without Hands by Carson McCullers, Houghton-Mifflii}, 1961, Ban characters as whipping posts or red herrings or scapegoats; fat too many tam, 1%3 I to bother listing here. The ones listed below are substantial in quantity or The too, too decadent South and all that steamy, sultry symbolism well quality or both. presented in this quite major novel. Miss McCullers is, in a quiet way, a more important contributor to the total picture of homosexuality than many Shelley Smith included as an absolutely necessary part of her plot a very of the writers lauded for this sort of contribution. Those of you who read successful ■ lesbian menage in The Lord Have Mercy, Harper, 1956 (re Leslie Fiedler’s Love and Dea A in Ae American Novel will particularly printed as The Shrew is Dead, Dell, 1959.) enjoy this novel, since she has (almost ironically) included every possible - The macabre Horizontal Man by Helen Eustis, Harper, 19(6(PocketBooks symbol he cited for resentment in his book. • also) is far from sympathetic, but it’s a chair edge thriller with homosex The Big Smear by William R. Reardon, Crown, I960, Avon, 1961 uality an important part oí the plot. The title tells the tale, in a sense. However, unlike Advise and Consent, Gore Vidal’s DeaA in Ae PifA Position (by Edgar Box, pseud.), Dutton, it is not a true accusation. 1952 (Signet also) lampoons all mysteries and covers all possible sexual deviations. It could be called a sort of mysterious "lace doify"^suds opera. We Are the takers of Dreams by William J. Blake, Simon & Schuster, 1959, 1960 , The justifiably famous Elizabeth McIntosh (Josephine Tey, pseud.) gave A panoramic novel of modern European history. As would be true in any us two excellent variant novels in To Love and Be Wise, Macnillan, 1950, realistic social, moral and political presentation of any era at any locale, 51 (Berkley, 1960, 62) and Miss Pym Disposes, Macmillan, 1947, 48 (Berk homosexuality is part of the picture. It is, of course, taken for granted and ley, I960, 62). Both have touches of mystery combined with clever homo handled with a natural touch. sexual devices. Like a.River of Lions by Tana De Gamez, Graphic Society, 1962, Paper Whit Masterson used a clever device of a lesbian couple which appears back library, 1963 to be something unlike this in A Hammer in His Hand, Dodd,. Mead, 1960: This is also a panoramic novel, but it is much more major in its emphas Bantam, 1963. One of the kinds of mystery where you won’t guess what’s is on homosexuality. This covers Europe and America from 1939 through happening until it is happening and I defy you to find the lesbian couple before the author, explains their existence. Unusually good. 18 a$»tfae4{mt Margaret Millar’s The Beast In View, Random, 1955 (also Bantam), while a horrible story, is a convincing psychological tale marked by unusually good writing. 88th c o n g r e s s Negro novelist, Chester Himes, \dio is well known for his Cast the First IST Session Stone, wrote a wonderful argot filled spoof called All Shot Up, Avon, I960. R R. 5990 It is very major, and very unusual. Malignant Stars by Jerome Barry, Doubleday, 1%0, is, like Vr. Master- son’s A Hammer in His Hand, an example of things are not always what they seem. The entire hinge of this story, the entire plot depends upon the lesbianism (?) of the main characters. IN THE HOUSE OE IlEPKESENTATIVES The Dark Tunnel by Kenneth Millar, Dodd, Mead, 1944 (as I Die Slowly, Lion Books) is recommended for the writing and the suspense. He is no May J, 1063 more sympathetic to the subject, however, than his wife, Margaret Millar. Mr. Dowdy introduced the following bill; which was refened to the Cooh (See above.) i mittee on the District o f Columbia The Slasher 1^ Ovid Demaris, Fawcett Gold Medal, 1959 is a very spe cial book. It is horribla and sickening, but it shows the tanible'things guilt can do and the possible effect of repressing homosexual desire. The off-beat mystery. The Pyx by John Buell, Farrar, 1959 (Fawcett Crest, 1%0) has substantial characterization not poorly handled. A “ red herring” treatment of interest as an excellent example of the A B IL L tough school of writing is The Men From the Boys by Ed Lacy, Harper, To amend the District of Columbia Charitable Solicitation Act to require 1956 (also pyramid). For the lover of clever plotting and procedural de certain findings before the issuance of a solicitation permit thereunder, tection as well as content of interest read John Boland’s The League of ' and for other purposes. Gentlemen, London, Boardman, 1958 (Beacon, 1961). Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United The English poet, Roy Fuller, includes well-handled male homosexual ■ States of America in Congress assendtled, That section 5 of the District characters in his mysteries. Fantasy and Fugue and The Second Curtain, ofColnmbiaCharitable Solicitation Act (D.C. Code, sec. 2-2104 is amend both published by Macmillan in 1956. He is also the author of the very fine ed 1^ adding at the end thereof the foUowing new subsection; homosexual school novel. That Distant Afternoon, Nticmillan, 1959, not a “ (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no such certificate mystery, but very fine reading. , of registration shall be issued after the date of the enactment of this sub- The recent paperback original, TheBedraon. Bolero by Michael Avollone, section unless the Conmissioners shall have affirmatively found and pub licly declared that the solicitation which would be authorized by such cer Belmont, 1963, uses the device of suspecting everyone in the cast of be ing homosexual. However, even the villains turn out to be “ normal” nuts, tificate will benefit or assist in promoting the health, welfare, and intrals and this is refreshing for a change. of the District of Columbia.” SEC. 2. Notwithstanding the District of Columbia Charitable Solicitation Khere Is Mary D osttud? by Rae Foley, Dodd, Mead, 1958, uses a pair Act or any other provision of law, the certificate of re^tration heretofae of gay boys as integral characters necessary to the plot line. issued to the Mattachine Society of Washington under such Act is revoked. There are many, many others, of course. One last humorous note is pro vided in the admonition to mystery writers that a mystery could have lots of “ good clean mayhem” but no sex, just a few years ago-really ? 1 Asked how many members the society hod Thank you for your consideration of In tbs Washington area, be repUad, "We position. would prefer not to say. tt b small but Sincerely yours, growing rapidly." FZAinCLIN S. Kamzht, Be said that the original Mattachlne So PreMent. Congressional ciety warfoimded In San nrandsoo 10 at 19 years ago. Other Independent U atta^lne BZCSZPIS OF TBS OONBTmmoN OF npi Societies, he said, have been organised in ManAOBms Soorsir of WstaasatOH United States New Tork and several other American dtles. Article n. Purpose: ^Am erica The organizations took their names, he Szc. 1. It Is the purpose of this organiza said, from the mattaebines, court jesters In tion to act by any lawful means: [ the Middle Ages, who were permitted to make (a) To secure for homosexuals the right pointed social commentarlea which would license'Record or any other official recognition have been tolerated from no one else. to life, liberty, and the pursuit at happlnea i, The Mattachlne Society of Wathinfton at proclaimed for all men by the Declaratio a to a society such as this, whose Illegal of Independence; and to secure for hcou- activities are revolting to normal society, sexuals the basic rights and llbertlss estali- EXTENSION OP REMARKS then I feel that It is our duty to provide llshed by the word and the spirit of the Ooi - OF such authority without delay. stltutlon of the United States; The Bfattactalne Society is admittedly T k z Mattachins Soemrv (b) To equalise the status and posltlmi of HON. JOHN DOWDY a group of homosexuals. The acts of or WASHmOTON, the homosexual with those of the het o r TEXAS Washington, D.C., August ÎS, 1982. sexual by achieving equality under lai] these people are banned under the laws Hon. ■ equality d opportunity, equality In the IN THE HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES of Oodi the laws of nature, and are in House of Bepresentatives, daty cf hla fellow men, and by ellmlnatl Friday, July S. 1963 violation of Uie laws of man. I think Washington, D.C. adverse {z-ejudlce, both private and a situation which requires them to be bzAB------: Enclosed, tat your Inter- (c) To secure for the hmnosexual Mr. DOWDY. Mr. Speaker, It came to permitted a license to solicit charitable est and Information, Is a formal statement rli^t, as a human being, to develop my attention last fall that the District funds for the promotion of their sexual of the purposes of the Mattachlne Society of achieve his full potential and dignity, of Columbia government had granted a deviations is a bad law, and should be Washington, a newly farmed organization, the right, as a dtlaen, to make bis maztmum society of homosexuals a license to solicit devoted to the improvement of the status of contribution to the society In which he Uvet: changed forthwith. our country's 16 million homosexuals. charitable contributions in the District The material follows: (d) To Inform and enlighten the public of Coliunbla. This license was issued to Included, also. Is a copy at our news re about homosexuals end homosexuality; the Mattachlne Society of Washington, [Prom the Stmday Star, Washington, D.C., lease, which was submitted to the Washing • (e) To assist, protect, and counsel tie Sept. 16,1869] ton newspapers and others, and to the vari homosexual In need. and at that time, the Superintendent of Obovp Ammo Detutis Issckd Cbabitt ous press aervlcea. Sec. 9. It Is not a purpose of this orgait - the License and Permit Division stated IJCKNSB The question of homosexuality, and the nation to act at a social group, or as ah agency prejudice against It, both personal and that his office had no legal authority to The Mattachlne Society of Washington, an for personal Introductions. deny such a permit to any nonprofit or official. Is a serious one, involving, as It 8ec. S. This organization will cooperate organization formed to protect bomoeexuals does, more than I out of every 10 American ganization which complied with all the from dlacflmlnaUon, hM been granted a cer with other minorl^ organizations n(hloll are requirements of filing for same. This citizens. Including roughly a quarter-million striving for the realization of full civil rights tificate by the District license office to solicit In, etch, the PSderal civil service, the Armed and liberties for all. was f uUy disclosed in an item carried in i funds In, Washington. Forces, and seonrtty-sensltive positions In the Sunday, Washington, D.C., Star, of I The application said that the organization private Industry, and at least 10 percent of September 16, 1962, which article I in wanted to raize funds to help give the homo- your oonstltnsots. Mattachins Sociztt of Washw oton clude following these remarks. eexuol equal status with hla fellow men. We feel that the Ckivemment's approach 1s The formation of a new social aettop group I introduced a' bill in the last Congress District records show thé newly organized arehatc, unrealistic, and Inconsistant with In the Oreater Washington, D.C., area Is an society was granted its certificate to ask for basic American principles. We feel. In addi to correct this situation, but it was too contrlbutlona under the Charitable Solicita nounced. This group, the Mattacbtoe 8o-i late to receive action at that time. tion, that It Is Inexcusably and urmeoassor- clety of •Washington, is dedicated to improv-i tions Act on August 14. Uy wasteful of trained manpower and of the Ing the status of the homosexual In pur so Earlier this year, I introduced the bill 0. T. Nottingham, Superintendent of Li taxpayers’ money. ciety, In the Interest both of that minority again, as H.R. 6990, with the earnest censes and Permits, said his office had no au We realize that this area presents you grotq) and of the Nation. The sodeW dls-| hope that it will receive the approval of thority to deny a solicitation permit to any with many potential problenu, some of them cuasss end acts upon all problems relatlng- this Congress. organization whose repreaentatlTea answer quite subtle and toiichy ones of politics and to the homosexual, both general and qiadllc. In order that the Members of Congress all questions on the permit application form. public relatlona, and that they are not al Ouest speakers will address the group from may be fully advised, I would call atten The license chief added that he had In ways subject to easy solution, but policies of time to tlzM (» a variety of relevant subjects. formed society representatives that If the repression, I persecution, and ezoluslaa will The society is also setUng up a proffadonal tion to the fact that I believe all of us group solicits as much as 61, he would order not prove to be workable ones In the case referral servlse—doctors, lawyers, clergymen, received a letter from the President of them to open their books and records for ex of this minority, any mere than they have, etc.—fOr the homosexual In need. the Mattachlne Society of Washington, amination. If such an order Is not compiled throughout history, in the ease of other The organization féels that the hctaioses-^ in August of last year, in which he en with, he said, the Ueenslng department wUl minorities. This Is a problem which must be ual today Is whMW the Negro was In the closed an excerpt from the constitution move to have the sodetye permit revoked. worked- with, constructively, not worked 1990'S, except that the Negro has kod, at The pteeident of the society, who asked against, destructively, os is now the cose. A worst, ths mere IndlSersnos of his aovsm-| of his society, and a news release which that his name not be used, said that his or he had just Issued. To refresh memory, fresh approlsch by the Federal Qovemment msnt and, at bast. Its active aesiatanoeJ ganization 'is dedicated to Improving tbs sta le badly needed. whsrsai the homosexual has always had to I Include those matters with my remarks. tus of bomcMzuals la our society In the in We welcome any comments erhlch you may contsnd with the active boetlltty of his Oov- Mr. Speaker, I regard this situation terest bolh at that adaotlty group and of have] on this subject. erhment. For this reason. It is tUns that A as highly improper. If the laws of the theNalM." { We will be pleased to nuet with you per strong Initiative be taken to obtain for thsi District of Columbia indeed do not au The aoelsty imsldent said that so far no sonally, at your oonvenlenes, to dlseuds tnase bomossiuai mlnorlQr—a minority in no way thorize the refusal of a solicitation funds have been soUeltag. and related matten. different, ae luob, from other of our "wttonal f minority groi^w—the same rights, provided n , present policy seems open to serious In the Constitution and the Declaration ol question. Independence, as are guaranteed to all citi Third, the Illogical policies of our security- Unpopular Causes zens. niese include the rights to the pursuit clearance system for civilian and military of happiness, and to eqfiallty of opportunity: Oovemment personnel, and l[or those In pri A House District subcommittee is to hold a hear the right, as human beings, to develop and vate Industry, under which au homosexuals, ing this morning on an unfortunate bill introduced achieve their full potential and dignity; and as a group, are regarded as security risks, the right, as citizens, to be allowed to make without consideration of the merits of each by Rep, John Dowdy of Texas. The bill would their mazlmiim contribution to the society Individual case. Despite the continuing amend the District of Columbia Charitable Solicita in which they live—rights which Federal pol preeenoe of some quarter-million homosex icy and practice now deny them. uals with security clearances, at all levels, tion Act in two ways. First, it would forbid the The society feels that prejudice directed and within the cognizance of all agencies, issuance 'of a certificate of registration to any agalnat an Individual, for no cauae other the number of breaches, of security resulting than an unconventional sexual preference. from homosexuality la virtually. If not actu organization soliciting charitable contributions in Is tmwarranted, and that harsh, discrimina ally, nil. Examination will show that present the District unless the District Commissioners find tory action taken on the basis of such preju policies foster just that susceptibility to dice, with Its Incident waste of useful talent blackmail against which these policies arc that “the solicitation which would be authorized by and manpower, is not consistent with the na supposed to protect. such certificate will benefit or assist in promoting tional welfare. It is felt that personal and Fourth, the area of local law, both Us pro popular prejudice cannot be eliminated as visions and Its administration and enforce the health, welfare, and the morals of the District long as official prejudice exists and Is In ment. The society feels that the example of Columbia.’’ The second amendment would re dulged. of the State of Illinois should be followed. In voke a certificate of registration already issued to For this reason, the society's primary effort legalizing private relations. on the part of will be directed to four main areas; First, the consenting adults, but that. In any case, ac the Mattachine Society of Washington. clearly lmpn^;>er, discriminatory policies of tion must be taken against existing, often To make the solicitation of funds for an organ the D.S. Civil Service OommlSBion, policies flagrant and shocking abuses and violations which are plainly unconstitutional, and of due process and of proper rights, liberties, ization concethed with ideas dependent upon offi which operate against the best Interests of and freedoms In this area. cial approval of the purpose for which the funds the country. In that they act to deprive the The organization seeks a reassessment and Nation of the services of many clearly well- reconsideration,, of present, totally unrealis are to be used would be to put a very serious qualified citizens who have much to offer. tic Federal policy and practice, law and regu crimp in the right of expression and petition. That these policies are quite needless la dem lation, on homosexuality. A New Frontier onstrated by the fact that, despite them, approach to official policies and practices There is little need for a constitutional guarantee there are at least 200,000 homosexuals In the which relegate over 16 million Americans to of free speech for ideas which already enjoy Federal service, and have been for many second-class citizenship Is long overdue and years, with no 111 effects. badly needed. The Oovernment, Utberto, majority acceptance. The First Amendment was Second, the Armed Forces' needless and has attempted to sweep this problem under added to the Constitution to protect the advocacy harshly administered policies of exclusion. the rug and, ostrlchllke, has refused to face The present practice of giving less than fully the situation or to . deal with if In a logical of unpop'ular and unorthodox ideas. Mr. Dowdy’s honorable discharges to homosexuals la un fashion. first section wouljd violate the First Amendment. necessarily vicious. In view of the fact that The Mattachlne Society of Washington Is There is little doubt that tho Mattachine Society the Armed Forces Mso presently Include at confident that all Intelligent, Informed, pub- least a quarter-million homosexuals In all llo-splrlted citizens will join theip in their espouses an unconventional e?.'.'..se. It is a social ranks, without 111 effects, and that over a mil efforts to achieve a fresh and reasonable ap action,group dedicated, accord;.-ig to its constitu lion served well and honorably In World War proach to this problem. tion, “'to improving the status of ine homosexual in our society, in the interest both of that minority group and of the Nation.” It aims, in short, to pro tect thè rights of homosexuals and to promote un derstanding of them. It does not function in any way, of. course, to promote homosexual activity. We think that the organization has a clear right FOREIGN PVBUCATIONS to make a plea for public support. iThe law under which it was licensed to do so is simply a law which The Circle (Der Kreis) recognizes that right. Mr. Dowdy’s second section, Published monthly since 1932 in French, German, and Fnslish (no transla revoking the license, looks to us very much like a tion duplications^ Contains photos, iliusttstiohs, and an teproductlons. Rolf, editor. Annual subscription Sll Hrst class sealed. Bank draft or cash bill of attainder—a legislative act inflicting punish to Leaezirkel Der Kreis, Postfach 547, Fraumunster, Zurich 22, Switzerland. ment without judicial trial. The Constitution flatly forbids Congress to pass a bill of attainder. Arcadie Monthly literary and scientific review in French. A. Baudry, editor. Sub Editorial from The Washington Post, August 81196® scriptions t9 per year. Address 74 Blvd. de Reuiily, Paris XII, France. mmtttteéiíme i T - M miscuous heterosexuals in that, not tology schools in accepting students, rals arrests, has enjoyed many years The REVIEW is grateful for news being concerned with contraception, drawing from them 1600 hours of of outstanding service to the com paper clippings and press cuttings he lacks their motivation for using free student work, along with high- munity and nation by its large seg received trom all over the U.S. and England, ^ant in by subscriber^ reg the condom and consequently does school fees, only to be informed ment of hairdressers of homosexual ularly. These items help inun^asur not benefit from its disease pre upon completion of their course they nature. Great accomplishments and ably in keeping the magazine abreast with what is going on in English venting value. are subject to investigations on past benefits to our community and na speaking countries. “ Other attitudes of the homosex arrests or criminal offense, is un tional life have been forwarded by All readers ate invited to juin in this service of providing clippings ual patient complicate the physi justly wrong. This point must be this group and segment of hairdres of newspaper itene in the sez sphere cian’s task. When the homosexual clarified and acted upon by the sers of homosexual nature, from for use in future issues of thè ma^ azioe. Please be sure the publica becomes aware that he has acquired State Board of Cosmetology, so that which this writer strongly feels and tion, city and date are included with a venereal infection, he is faced all students entering cosmetology believes that the State Board of each clipping submitted. with a dilemma which does not con schools are informed on this point Cosmetology should extend the front his heterosexual counterpart. before deposit of fees! greatest understanding and leniency. He is understandably reluctant to ‘The State Board of Cosmetology The beauty field, dominantly a bus incriminate himself or his partners tnd members of the Board should iness-creative profession is one of by supplying information concerning give consideration to the following: the few recognized fields that can his sexual practices, for in so do “ A. The Beauty Field, Cosme safely consume persons of homo OTHER U.S. ORGANIZATIONS WORK. ing he admits to behavior which is tology, Fashions, Millinery, Crea sexual nature, to the benefit and INC IN THE FIELD OF SEX VARIANCE legally contravened and could re tive Arts, Dance, etc., are primar gain of both individual and com Los Angeles Mattachlne Society, loci, sult in police anest.” ily creative and cultural vocations munity. 806 South Robertson, Los Angeles jj, In that last sentence. Dr. Tarr Califotnla. OL2-2782- which are predominantly, and suc “ C. It is hereby requested of the Daughters of BlUtis, Inc., 1232 Matfckt touches upon a subject about which cessfully occupied and influenced State Board of C^dsmetology, to give St., San Francisco2, CaliL, UNs-tlw. homosexuals could write volumes. One, Inc., 2236 Venice Blvd., Los Ai(- by homosexual persons. The Hair every consideration and leniency to gelea 6, California, RE3-3232- young persons entering this field Mattaehine Society of New York, 1133 dressing Profession in the U.S. and WAài JUST FART OF ONE Broadway, New York 10, N.Y., WAg'^ maja countries of the world are bet who may have had a previous mo 7743- I OF THOSE VOLUMES ter than 65% represented by homo rals arrest relating to homosexual Mattachlne Society of Washington, P.O.! Box 1032, Washington 1, D.C. In an open letter dated July 12, sexuals! The U.S. Government re ity of no serious consequence. Janus Society, 34 South 17th> Street, “ Consideration by the California Room 229, Philadelphia 3, Penns, | 1%3 to the State Board of Cosme cords consider the hairdressing pro Demophil Center, 13 Undall Place, tology (California), Marc Troy of fession as ‘influenced and dominat State Board d Cosmetology, De Boston 14, Massachusetts. partment of Professional and Voca Dionysus, P.O. Box 382, Fullenoo,! San Francisco wrote: “ The State ed’ by homosexual environment and Califotnis. ^ Board of Cosmetology should take it is hereby requested that wery tional Standards on Article 3, Stots. League fot CiVil Education, Inc., 22fl consideration be granted to extend 7332 and Article 11-7431.1, is here Eaib'aicadeio, San Francisco, Calif., immediate steps to forward a com SUl-8361. 1 munication to all schools of cosme cosmetology licenses to those who by requested on the above men George W. Henry Foundation, Ipc., 49| West 29th St., New York 11, New York. tology in the state of California, have completed satisfactory courses tioned.’’ directing that beauty school owners in cosmetology, and who may at must be compelled to acquaint pro some previous time in life been ar spective students that 'any person rested on a morals offense of homo- having been arrested is subject to sexuality-which, of course, offered a state investigation and possible no serious overtones. rejection by the board.’ “ B. The cosmetology profession, “ The present practice of coame- with exception to rare cases of mo- 26 mmtea«4ime R l 27| .LI to date. Mi. X ia diaòltlnl lot your org- contnry, and for tbat-roaton bone tn- aoixacioii'a help. Mr. Z (whose wife dtauored to givt it aU thè pnbffcdy tbof callcdrou)haa been eeeo seyetal cieiea. our iimittdclrcnlailon con mntttr. Soma He Ic edeanciat alowly, but auely. It’s day perbapt, tbt ptoplt tn onr coonfty really tee eerly to predict ptogteta. wiU bt at tnUgbttatd ia ttxnal taaUtrb Thanka for tefettlng them. They ate cU at tbt ptoplt tn hit cormtry. Bi^, if età m u t fine, ilocete people.-Mt. P.M., M.S.V., f magauktt it to innoctumt lo him, uro READERS Oallfomia. tuggett tbat bt rtad it, tot mitb an typ EDITOR’S NOTE; FtêttuntrtfnraU ore for enttrtainmtnt or tuUgbtenmtut, bui, node by MntMciMe to aiMy pro/aaafon- at a rtflection of tbt toclul condMond L«tt€TS from readers are solicited for publication in this regular monthly department. «I cowuelorf, and th* atout tritf rt- prtvultui on a coutintnt riddtn idtb by^ They should be short and all must he signed by the writer. Only initials of the u/riter port it typical of itvtral rtctivti atout poerUy. , i and the state or country of residence will be published. Opinion expressed in pub’ t i t procrea a of tbott laho 4o d tiv t into A t to tbo two blank pogea in bit copy^ lished letters need not necessarily reflect that of the REVIEW or the Mattachine tttrapy and analytit at a lobttion to onr tired old presa sometimet tk ^ t a Society, .Vo names of individuals will be exchanged for correspondence purposes. tttir Personal protUmt. Tto conaaefor beat, to mt art ttruUng blm anoibtr co. i* tbit e a tt it Witt t i t San Praneitco py. i CoanttUng Center. It it one of many He writtt wtU. Wt tbould likt to bear REVIEW EDITOR: Following the list mosexual friends as compared to my public ogenctf a on , 28 rmmtf«e4 ECHO CONFERENCE-"East Coast Homophile Organizations" will Place: BACKSTAGE, at Bay and Mason Streets (between Coat Plus hold an all-day conference at the Hotel Adelphia, Philade^hia, on and the Mattress Factory) Saturday, Sept. 2, 1963. Participating organizations:^ Mattachine So Public Transportation: Powell & Mason Cable Car (One block from cieties of New York and Washington; Janus Society of the Delaware turntable on Taylor); No. IS Kearny Coach (One block from Bay St. Valley; and East Coast Chapters of Daughters of Bilitis. For informa stop) tion, fees, and program details, write to any of these organizations (see directory on page 27 of this issue). An outstanding all-day pro Advance registrations ate requested. Please send to: gram has been arranged, and is being held in proximity to the sessions of the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, MATTACHINE SOCIETY, INC. same date, in Philadelphia. 693 MISSION STREET SAN FRANOSCO 1 31 City of Night PRICE: $5.95 Various selections from Rechy's novel have appeared in avont garde I literaiy magaz^es. One of the most popular extracts was "The Fabulous Wedding of Mss Destiny," in an early issue of the now defunct Big Table. It told of the seamy life and dreamy hope of a Los Angeles drag queen to have a big wedding, lace, gown, "bridesmaids” and all-when she married her next ^ y "husband.” But a far more serious aspect pervades Rechy’s work than just to high light the lives of various characters in the gay world. It is a novel about 4 loneliness, about love and the ceaseless groping search for love. As a ' nWel about the world of hidden sex, it is a departure from all other novels of this kind. It is not lurid or defensive; it treats the subject squarely and forthrightly, revealing many facets of this subculture which have never been revealed before, even in the works of Jean Genet. 693 Mission Street San Francisco 5, Calif.