Nov. 1963, Vol. 08 No. 02
THE U D D E R Novmbmr 1963 .50 (FOR SALE TO ADULTS ONLY)
in th is issum : Lesbian Lyrics NOVEMBER 1963 VOLUME 8 NUMBER 2 purpose of the i f i e L a d d ê ^
Published monthly by the Daughters of Bflltls, Inc., e 5100- pioflt corporation, 1232 Morkot Streot, Suite 108, Son Fran ^ B IIIT IS cisco 2, Californio. Telephone: UNderhIII 3 — 8196. NATIONAL OFFICERS, DAUGHTERS OF BILITIS, INC.
President— Vice President—Marty Elliott Recording Secretary—Margaret Heinz Corre$^on<;/ing JTecre/ary— Barbara Gittings Ptt6/ic Relations Director^ Meredith Grey ...... Treasurer—Ev Howe
THE LADDER STAFF Editor— Bitrbara Gittings Ficlion and Poetry Editor—Agatha Maihys Art Editor— Ksxhy Rogers ©'Ed^cloo oi * . .«i«c, »i* P"“'“l" '“P"“ " °" f ' Æ , Los Angeles ReporterSten Russell ologlcl, pkyslold^eirtl and sociological aapcc«», to ooabU her Chicd£A —jMfl Sand to understand herself and make her adjustment to society m RroAuciion— Joan Oliver its social, civic and economic implications— this to be accomp Circulation Manager—Cleo Glenn lished by establishing and maintaining as complete a library as THE LADDER is regarded as a sounding board for various possible of both fiction and non-fiction literature on the sex poinls of view on Ihe homophile and related subjects and ^ant theme; by sponsoring public discussions on does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the organixatlon. iects to be conducted by leading members of the legal, PSY^hi t tic, religious and other professions; by advocating a mode of be havior and dress acceptable to society. contents ©Education of the public at large through acceptance first of the individual, leading to an eventual breakdown of erroneous taboos LiviNQ Propaganda - bv Marilyn barrow...... * and prejudices; through public discussion meetings aforemen New s Abo ut Re s ea r c h s t u d y ...... ^ tinned; through dissemination of educational literature on the Le s b ia n a - BY Ge n e Damon...... ® homosexual theme. Th e Ga y c o f f e e Cl u b - b y J o j i Ha z e l ...... 11 E L L IS and t h e Ch est n u t s - by J . Se e l e y ...... >3 ©Participation in research projects by duly authorized and respon Le s b ia n l y r ic s - b y Barba ra St e p h e n s ...... I” i 8 sible psychologists, sociologists and other such experts directed Cr o ss-Cu r r e n t s ...... towards further knowledge of the homosexual. Le t t e r t o a G i r l viho Sa id I L o v e y o u - b y J a n F r a s e r ...... 19 O Investigation of the penal code as it pertains to the homosexual, ORAhlATIC ARTS - BY ROBIN RICHARDS...... 22 proposal of changes to provide an equitable handling of cases Re a d e r s r e s p o n d ...... involving this minority group, and promotion of these changes through due process of law in *e state legislatures. COVER BY CRICKET
COPYRIGHT 1963 BY DAUGHTERS OF B IL IT IS , iNC., SaN FRANCISCO, CAL. the other hand, living a lie does little good. There has Living to be some middle ground between these t "0 extremes, es pecially for those of us who want to be respectable c iti zens in our communities. What does it benefit my people if I am moral and upright, if my appearance in this guise Propaganda Is assumed to be heterosexually oriented? This is living a l i e .
by M arilyn Barrow In my city 1 know many homosexuals who are respectable members of the community. None of them, however, would allude to being homosexual except with other homosexuals. Every person has some prejudices directed against some In that sense, they are respectable liars. I am not, of other person or persons. Prejudices can be numerous In course, advocating a wholesale announcement - it does not an individual or very few - but they exist In all of us. have to be this way. Some are against ethnic groups, eoonomie classes, phys ical or mental defects, etc. Some have ludicrous causes, Everyone knows that Monty Is a homosexual in the organiza very unreasoning, i.e ., "The first blue-spotted person I tion where he works, A new employee is told this within met offended me; therefore, I hate all blue-spotted a month of arriving. However, Instead of sneers or innu people." Silly? Yes, but not vary uncommon, endo, the information is always told with additions. "Monty is a wonderful guy, he's worked here 27 years and T/hat do prejudioes boll down to? Simply a dislike, mis everyone loves him," This is really true. He is feminine trust or fear of anything alien to individual experience. enough in appearance so that hiding his homosexuality We are conditioned Into prejudice by our parents, or are would be d ifficu lt. By admitting it and taking some kid affected by public opinion; and sometimes, with homosexu ding and being a "good guy" and a "wonderful worker" he ality in particular, the prejudice is a reflection of fear is unquestionably the most popular employee. He is living of personal Involvement, ^ihen prejudice Is toward a propaganda of a very constructive kind. group, it Is directed at the stereotype image of the group. Thus every male homosexual is a limp—wristed fag In the same organization there is Jack, a very c asculine got and every female homosexual a stomping bull-dike. fellow, who is quite easily spotted as gay. He takes the opposite tack, is witty and knife-tongued - and loathed. The homosexual organizations are working to combat preju Jack is b rillian t, handsome, a good viorker, but he is a dice and concommitant legal injustices. Even allowing for damaging kind of livin g propaganda. a miraculous legal success in the next few decades, this would hardly lessen the individual prejudice. Indeed, it In my office there are fifteen women and three male super would undoubtedly inorease it somewhat. Just as the recent visors, The work is a form of public relations, and the legal strides for Negroes have created much h o stility. Job requires initiative and literacy. Almost everyone in the office has had some college. An educated group of If the firs t blue-spotted person I met hadn't been so un fa irly young women are likely to be pre-disposed to liber pleasant I doubt if I would dislike them so much, even al attitudes toward sexual variation. They are "sharp" though my mother warned me against blue-spotted people, and hard to fool, and in school everyone made fun of blue-spotted people.
I am the only Lesbian in the room, and there are apparent And so with every one of us, we are livin g propaganda. ly no others with tendencies in this direction. Everyone Everyone we meet who knows we are gay, and likes and res in the room (1 am sure) knows that 1 am homosexual. Each pects us. Is a potential weapon for our struggle. reacts differently depending on his individual personality.
The flamboyant Lesbian, free-wheeling exponent of the artificial gay life , is hardly a good public image. On News About TO son>e I ao> a Joke, likeable perhaps, but a t h e l e s s . To m ost, I a“ ^ ® J Research Study Most of them oome to me with questions aboutthe work. some of them fear me (I have a bad temper), like me, and for all exoept one or two I am ^ e ir reasonably intimate oontaot with a homosexual. AS OF THE TIME THE LADDER ViENT TO PRESS, 180 PERSONS HAD RECEIVED QUESTIONNAIRES FROM DOB IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESEARCH STUDY There are humorous and even embarrassing moments. But I BEING CONDUCTED BY DR, RALPH GUNDUCH AND THE POSTGRADUATE CENTER know that for the most part these people have a more FOR Men t a l Hea lt h of New York. Of t h is n um ber, 83 had a lrea d y liberal attitude because of this working situation. RETURNED THEIR COMPLETED QUESTIONNAIRES TO NEW YORK. Since I live a reasonably aooeptable life , ergo, per aps others like me do also. The head of the offioe automat ViE AS WELL AS Or , GLNDLACH ARE GRATIFIED AT THE RESPONSE TO OUR ica lly invited my roommate to the Christmas party, just as the married women brought husbands and the unmarried REQUEST, AND WISH TO THANK ALL THOSE WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED SO FAR. their boyfriends. I have privately been asked many ques May we ASK THOSE WHO HAVEN'T YET RETURNED THEIR QUESTIONNAIRES TO tions, ranging from the very serious to the very humorous. PLEASE GET THEM IN AS SOON AS PO SSIBLE! AND THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE The offioe wag torments me continuously with innuendo, to NOT YET APPLIED, WE HOPE YOU WILL HELP RAISE THE NUMBER OF PARTIC get a laugh, in which I more than happily join, since she IPANTS THIS MONTH, BY SENDING IN ONE OF THE COUPONS YOU RECEIVED is my favorite in the offioe. Some months ago, when the WITH THE SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER LADDER. ( IF YOU DCN'T WISH TO HAVE movie "West Side Story" was showing here, I arrived at YOUR NAME USED AT ALL, WHY NOT USE A PEN-NAME, ASKING US TO MAIL work one morning to have the wag pop her head into my YOUR QUESTIONNAIRE IN CARE OF SOME FRIEND WHO SUBSCRIBES TO THE cubicle and serenade me with this paraphrase: "I feel LADDER?) RBIEMBER IN ANY CASE THAT NO NAME EVER GOES TO THE RE pretty, I feel pretty, I feel pretty and witty and gay. SEARCH GROUP WHO SEES YOUR REPLIES, And I pity any girl who isn't queer today,"
They know, most of them, that I am not ashamed; somehow S ome o f you w er e in t e r e s t e d enough to r eq u est a s u p p l y o f q u es t io n they feel that therefore I have nothing to be ashamed of. n a ir e s , TO DISTRIBUTE TO FRIENDS, ACQUAINTANCES, OR OTHERS. BUT IF YOU DIO NOT ALSO GIVE US THEIR NAMES (OR A PEN-NAME), THIS PRE With persoR»#! changes, possibly 2? people have been part SENTED US WITH A LITTLE PROBLEM: A LARGE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS of the group. And most of them have now had one fa irly IS CERTAINLY ONE GOAL SOUGHT BY DR. GUNDLACH AND DCB. AT THE uneventful and reasonably pleasant work experience with SAME TIME, THERE ARE OTHER GOALS, WHICH MAY IN PART CONFLICT WITH
that taboo creature, the LesblanJ I am sure some of them t h e f i r s t o n e, a s i s USUALLY THE CASE IN ANY AREA, FOR INSTANCE, w ill never need this experience, but some of them w ill. IT IS VERY LIK ELY THAT IMPORTANT ISSU ES NOT SETTLED BY THE QUESTION I am also sure that this w ill have made them less quick N AIRES W ILL REQUIRE A FOLLOW-UP, WHICH MUST BE PROPERLY FOR^^'AROED, to Judge, more understanding in their attitude. W HILE YOU MAY BE SURE YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THOSE EXTRA TWO OR THREE QUESTIONNAIRES WENT, SOMEONE ELSE MIGHT NOT HAVE SO GOOD A There Is a healthy atmosphere when you can be part of the MEMORY - OR EVEN YOU MAY NOT BE SO SURE S IX MONTHS FROM NOWj OR. scene as you really are, not as some pretender. It's a GUNDLACH AND DOB F E E L IT BEST TO ADHERE TO THE SAME RULE FOR EVERY good feeling to be honest, and you may help in the good fight. Try it, try living propaganda in! your own llfe l BODY. Th e n , t o o , i t s e e m e d to t h o s e d o in g t h e p l a n n in g t h a t QUESTIONNAIRES SHOULD BE DISTRIBUTED ONLY TO PERSONS WHO ARE WILLING TO COMMIT THEMSELVES TO COMPLETE THE UOB. SO, PLEASE SEND US A NAME AND MAILING ADDRESS FOR EACH QUESTIONNAIRE RE The Editor invites readers to contribute for future pub QUESTED! lication written accounts of "living propaganda,"
- DOB r esea r c h Co m m ittee 237. WY LOVELY AOELE BY ADRIAN BENNETT. AVON, I962.
A MUCH b e t t e r than AVERAGE PAPERBACK ORIGINAL. NORMA HOUSTON, PICTURED AS AN UGLY DUCKLING WITH HER OWN STICK- LESBIANA TO-IT METHOD OF MAKING AN ASSURED AND ATTRACTIVE WOMAN OF HERSELF, IS A MUCH MORE BELIEVABLE, INTERESTING HEROINE THAN ANY OUTSIDE OF BANNON OR TAYLOR OR CHRISTIAN. THERE LESBIANA i s a c o n t in u in g l i s t o f f ic t io n and non-f i c ^ ^ IS A LOT LESS SEX AND MORE PLOT THAN USUAL, TOO. STORY PERTAINING TO VARIANT WOMEN. AN ITEM IS INCLOlED ^ LINE IS CARRIED BY A SYMPATHETIC MALE NARRATOR WHO IS IN « l I t L» ...L m - » W - ,T, OR BOCAUSO LOVE WITH NORMA. FLASHBACK CHAPTERS GIVE THE DETAILS OF SYMPATHETIC, UNUSUAL, OR - SIMPLY - ENTEOTAINING. EA NORMA'S AFFAIR WITH "LOVELY AOELE" WHO IS MUCH LESS THAN IRO.CATB T « S R B C .L .E R .T OB THE BOOK OR STOR,. LOVELY. IT IS SAD TO HAVE TO ADD THAT THE BOOK IS BASIC ALLY VERY TRAGIC AND THAT ONE OF THE VERY OLDEST CLICHE 231. STACY TOiER BY ROBERT H. K. »LTER. »AC*ILU«, I*)- ENDINGS IS USED AS OEUS EX MACHINA. DESPITE T HIS, THOUGH, IT IS A WORTHWHILE BOOK WELL HANDLED FOR THE MOST PART. OVERLY LO » NOVEL OR LIRE ON « ENOWOCS ONIVERSITY c« ros. both RACULTY «no stcoent body PLOTB 238. TENDER TORiiiENT BY RaNDY SALEM. MIDWCOD TOWER (FBO) 1962. ARE INCLUDED. AlV.ONG THE FACULTY IS TEACHING ASSISTANT ^toGGIE WHO HAS HAD AN ABORTIVE LOVE AFFAIR W l^ ^ ^ 0 And t h e torment i s n ' t alw ays so t e n d e r . Al e x , t h e h e r o in e , OILMAN V;e a r e TOLD ABOUT THE A FFA IR FROM THREE DIFFERENT IS A SORT OF m id d le CLASS BEEBO BRINKER, WITH A PRETTY SET S ::;o lN T S . .AGGIE, WHO S..FERS FROM AN EXAGCERAT^ SE^ OUTLOOK ON L IF E . HOWEVER, WHERE BEEBO IS WILDLY PROMIS OF REJECTION, COM.MITS SUICIDE. THE VERf LONG CHAPTER LEAD CUOUS, ALEX IS ANXIOUS TO BE A HAPPILY MARRIED "HUSBAND" ING TO THE SUICIDE IS THE BEST IN THE BOOK. AND THE SHREW SHE IS BUSY TAMING WOULD CURL ANYONE'S HAIR, TAKES A B IT CF HELL TO VK)RK IT ALL OUT BUT IT ENOS HAPPILY 235 . THE KEENER LOVE BY SALLY TH0^(ps0N. McOowELL, Ob o l e n s k y , JUST AS THIS SORT CF STORY SHOULD END. GOOD OF KIND AND i960. Randy Sa lem i s f a s t r is i n g into t h e t e r r it o r y in h a b it e d by SUCH AUTHORS AS BANNON, CHRISTIAN, AND TAYLOR. '.«4^Y HAS 30-YEAR-OLD SARA WILSON, WITH AN IDEAL YOUNG HUS BAND, COMMITTED S U IC ID E ? HER STEP-FATHER T R IE S ^0 F l^ ^ 239. EDITH SIMCOX AND GEORGE ELIOT BY K. A. McKe n z IE . London, a n s w e r , h i s TRAIL LEADS HIM TO ELLEN JAMES, Clarendon p r e s s , Oxford u n iv e r s it y Pr e s s , 1961. l o v e r , t o THE MANY MEN SARA HAS SLEPT WITH ANB FINALLY TO THE DEATH BED OF SA R A 'S REAL FATHER, FRANK KEENER. .« L L Ed it h S im cox, V ic t o r ia n s p in s t e r , w r it e r , s o c ia l w o rker, Wr it t e n f i r s t n o v e l , w it h d e p t h ai« a d e p t characterization . LEFT an autobiography RECOUNTING HER PASSIONATE, WHOLLY
u n r eq u it ed l o v e FOR FAMOUS NOVELIST GEORGE ELIOT (MARIAN 236 . THE CHOICE BY Ma r c b r a n d e l . D i a l Pr e s s , 1950» Ev a n s ) . Th e i r relationship la st ed 8 y e a r s from t h e ir MEETING IN I872 UNTIL ELIO T'S DEATH IN 1880, IT WAS A SUSPENSE NOVEL ABOUT A PARANOIAC WITH DELUSIONS OF K R S E - ONE-SIOED THING WITH ELIOT SIMPLY TOLERATING THE EXAGGER CUTION AND THE 7 PEOPLE WHOSE LIVES HE THREATENS. AMONG ATED AFFECTION AND CARESSES SHOWERED UPON HER BY THE COM THESE ARE JIL L HILLSIDE, A FRIGID BISEXUAL BITCH, h€R LONG PLETELY INFATUATED MISS SlMCOX. PROFESSOR KCKENZIE t im e lo v e r Ann Dawson, and a cu rrent m a le s u it o r , Ned ANALYZES QUITE THOROUGHLY THE NATURE OF THE AFFECTION BUT MARLOWE, the drama OF THESE THREE LIVES TAKES h e i s c e r t a in l y not a t a l l unsympathetic . t h e bo o k, t h is IS EXCELLENT FOR ITS GENRE, WILL ESPECIALLY INTEREST MYSTERY FANS AS WELL AS COLLECTORS OF LESBIANA. i960. THE FIRST S IP OF WINE BY JANE GALE PATTI80N. CHOWELL, The Gay
CAREY COOtCE, K»WEm-E88 16-YEAR-OLD, IS SENT TO A BOARDING SCHOOL EX5« G IR L S, WHOLLY AQAINBT HER WISHES. SHE IS ^ P - Coffee Club OLAR NIORE o r l e s s b y h e r own ch o o sin g and FALLS IN LOVE WITH
h e r c h a r h in g overblo w n fr en c h t e a c h e r , wadame o e Va l e n t in .
HOWEVER, LAOAME h a s A BOYFRIEND AND IS NOT AS INTERESTED IN CAREY AS CAREY IS IN HER, AND WHEN MADAME'S BOYFRI^D INVITES Ca rey to o o in them on a t r ip in a m otorboat, Ca r ey s Canadian homosexuals, in the Province of Ontario at least, t e r r ib l e vEALOUSY THI0W8 HER INTO A PRECARIOUS SITUATION. are no longer forced to congregate in second-rate beverage ^ I T E <3000 FOR A FIR ST NOVEL. rooms. An antidote looms on the horizon. Coffee Clubs, while comparatively new, are gaining in momentum and have THE GARDEN 8V KATMRIN PEFMTZ. ATHENEUM, 1962. 24 1 already made strides in providing the homosexual with a gay evening on the town. The potentials are unlimited; Vt'VE SEEN HERE BEFORE. FINE OLD GIRLS' SCHOOL FULL OF with wise management these clubs can do more to further WIOANO'OCOLY G IR LS. VERY GAY IN SPOTS AND VERY HETERO IN the cause and promote understanding of the homosexual than o th er s o o t s , l o t s o f FLN THOUGH AND DESPITE A SUICIDE AND anything yet seen in this country. OF MISCELLANEOUS COMPLICATIONS IT WCKS THAT SAD Recently I had the good luck to visit such a olub which UaLARV' -ONE. ho m o sexual ENOUGH TO EE INTERESTING AND for the purpose of this article I shall call "Koffee ^I3H--V£i 3HI EVCU3H TO BE FORGOTTEN. PRETTY GOOD WRITING Korner." Factually, Koffee Korner is a few rooms over the CDF A £I-V£A j 3jr n a _ i e " ja c h i s » i f e aad h i s g ir l f r ie n d . Th e g i r l - Behind the desk stood a striking blonde woman. Her smile = R ,3 C IS l-’.VOLV£D WITH A BALLET DANCER IN A was warm, her manner friendly, and if at times her lan beoane fan^e? l E S J A n HAY. k o t v e r y im po rta nt in t h e book bu t guage a little spartan, it too was part of her effervescent personality. She was one of the oTOers, and T-E t )iL 3 2tiC TCGETHER. proud of her "clean operation." LD'l'E SY V'CRTON COOPER. AVON, I96I. The motif of the main room was soft and pleasing; general ly, attractive shadings of blue were used, set off effec w C ifeA C K CM THE RATHER EXPLOSIVE REACTIONS tively by semi—silhouette murals. Bright red-and-white 8«E>OE>eC AL) LEM sIAM a f f a ir o c c u pyin g OVER 1/3 OF THE NOVEL. THE was no deterrent to the dancing. Everyone was dressed EKOIKG i s melodramatic bu t not ENTIRELY UNEXPECTED IN neatly (and many very smartly) in casual clothing. A few elegantly effeminate men were present, and their conduct VIEW CF t h e TEM6I0N8 CREATED. THIS NOVEL IS CONSIDERABLY was charming and quite acceptable by any standards. BETTER nw< A GOOD MANY OTHERS TREAT INQ THE SAME SUBJECT tHICH HAVE BEEN HONORED BY PAPERBACK PUBLICATION. 1C AS the nami implies, no alcoholic beverages are served in Coffee Clubs, and in my opinion, this is one more reason Dancing for the n.ost part was of a why they deserve to succeed. Here are guys and gals -- twist r ^erll .ancos an. completely unlnhlblted—and without liquor to nirgta -:: TlUingJ At intsr^la, -the.e themi They have learned the rule of the three L s: ey some thrilling bait accompanying know how to Live, Laugh, and Love. Congratulations ^ d recordings were playe , Almost the entire crowd good luck to them and to the management who provide the «.. ..re tr.l/ « ' ' .“ “r.-t Su.to. Ih. right surroundings to make it all possible. Long live all foroed facing line* and Jo ns of thsM danosSs the Gay Coffee ClubsJ ininica,. f.C.H. .hl.h had bs.n ln..»t.d „ ,^o ;r.\:ipr;.;rr:nr". ion. 0 Y irir-iiir“ ::::.rrrotrbnr; .fnip. splUlng . drop cf PHnoagbcn. .b. — '.;;:oT:.t.n:iri;!‘‘;b. ,„g-l„d..d ‘-“'■ '/‘j;;;*; 7 .r.raisd, « . cr..d .a. Club was clean and attraotl y ^ to Ellis and the Chestnuts exceptionally well-mannered Incidents and management and members allk .„„ven The crowd, to my knowledge not a harsh word was spoken. b y J . SEELEY In fact, was remarkably happyt ON SEPTEMBER 20, !g63, DR. ALBERT ELLIS DELIVERED HIS SPEECH, "SEXUAL Freedom and homosexuality : t h e R ig h t To b e '.w o n g , " b efo m s t y p . of doff” “ *a‘*7thls*iu*Soo.. "olub." r'rr," :r.r" /ir:::d r L*:. “« '“.bi. ..n„. THE njattachine So c ie t y o f New York and th e p u b l ic . Dr . El l i s , although condemning homosexuality a s - inefficient AM) s e l f -d e f e a t in g , " MAINTAINED THAT EVEN TH0U3H HOMOSEXUALITY IS WRONG IN H IS dabatcs an. *“ ^ “ „’g ".o. cr.a.l.. .nd.a.cuns e s t im a t io n , t h e HOMOSEXUAL HAS THE "RIGHT TO BE WRONG." lid ;rb .« .,r fldai.cn .bi.b ba. bc.n laid. I t ib. .In . aln.ady plan K.ffs. Xcnn.n DR. El l i s a d h er es to w e b s t e r ' s d e f in it io n of wrong: " not r ig h t or ah.r. nor. ..rlou. a.tl.iH." ••“ “• snjoy.d. PROPER acco rd ing to A CODE, STANDARD OR CONVENTION." IT IS ON THIS BASIS THAT DR. EL LIS SAYS THAT THE HOMOSEXUAL IS "WRONG, Presently, r.or.allcn i. United to dancing .ith a t t h e sa m e TIME DR. EL LIS IS IN FAVOR OF CHANGING THE PRESENT o.pticn of m a y stage sbo. or flln. 'fto. the CODES AND STATUTES THAT MAKE HOMOSE)«JALITY "WRONG." HE GOES ON thing which all too often a honosexual fflust vie« fr TO QUALIFY H IS ADVOCATION CF CHANGES IN THE LAWS RE HOMOSEXUALITY sldellho. (with o.nslderabl. .nw) at a BY SAYING THAT UNLESS HETEROSEXUALS CEASE THEIR PERSECUTION OF THE fnne.ion, or perhaps d“'" 7.1h to dTslngl HOMOSEXUAL, THE HOMOSEXUAL W ILL NEVER BE HELPED OR CHANGED1 THIS is Inevitable when recreation is lim it Unless sufficient variety is offered, interest will 1 ^ IS THE PARADOX OF DR. EU -IS' TH ESIS: IF "WRONG" IS DEPENDENT ON in any club. Pood is always an asset; yet no even P A CODE AND THAT CODE IS CHANGED, THEN NO HOMOSEXUAL WILL NEED TO nuts were in evidence at Koffee Korner. A large s p re j^ ^ SEE THE HETEROSEXUAL LIGHT THAT DR. E L L IS HOU3S BEFORE US, BECAUSE costly and unnecessary. Most people enjoy making NO ONE W ILL BE WRONG. own" and willingly do so for a fair price, IN AN ATTEMPT TO RELATE TO THE AUDIENCE (AS HE SEES IT ), DR. ELLIS DR. ELLIS ALSO MAINTAINS THAT ALL HOMOSEXUALS st a t ed THAT HE HAS A FONDNESS FOR 17-YEAR-OLD G IRLS, BUT RES SABOTAGING" BECAUSE THEY ARE TOO L^ZV TO MAKE AN TRAINS HIMSELF BECAUSE COPULATION WITH A GIRL OF SEVENTEEN WOULD RECOmiTlON THEMSELVES TO HETEROSEXUAL CAUSE SOCIETY TO PUNISH HIM. HOWEVER, MIGHT IT NOT BE TRUE ALSO, COURSE. NO MENTION IS MADE OE EMOTIONAL S T A T E R ^ S E ^ THAT DR. E L L IS ' REAL REASON FOR NOT ATTEMPTING TO ENACT OVERTLY EVERYTHING HINGES ON THE PHYSICAL RATHER THAN H IS SUPPRESSED DESIRES IS A DEEP-SEATED FEAR OF REJECTION BY THE EVERYTHING IS EITHER UPSIDE DOWN OR INSIDE OUT. lAHAT GIRL THUS APPROACHED? ONLY IN THE EVENT OF SUCH REJECTION (OR TO BRING TO LIGHT IS THAT MANY HOMOSEXUALS GO T H R ^ H ^ CARELESSNESS) WOULD HIS PREDILECTION BE BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION PAINFUL ADJUSTMENT PERIOD, CONDITIONING THEMSELVE OF THE AUTHORITIES. REJECTION BY A YOUNG GIRL IS THE IF ON WHICH th a t t h e y a r e HOMOSEXUALLY o r ie n t e d , b e c a u s e t h ey HA THIS QUESTION RESTS. PERHAPS DR. E L L IS NEEDS HELP HIMSELFi OITIONED ALREADY TO THINK OF THEMSELVES AS HETEROSEXUALS. THROUGHOUT H IS INTERMINABLE SPEECH, OR. EL LIS ALWAYS REFERRED TO HOMOSEXUALITY IS "SELF-DEFEATING" BECAUSE HOMOSEXUALITY IS CON- "S EX OBJECT", NEVER USING THE TERM "LOVE OBJECT". (NO EMOTIONAL o“ L s o c . m « 0 ,s «or ™ « CONSIDERATIONS?) IN FACT, H IS WHOLE SPEECH WAS RIDDLED WITH SEX, HOMOSEXUAL INDIVIDUAL. BY ADVANTAGEOUS, DR. gg COPULATION, AND THE PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF THE HOMOSEXUAL UNION. t h e hom osexual i s DISCRIMINATED AGAINST H IS LANGUAGE WAS DEPLORABLE, AND H IS ENTIRE ATTITUDE WAS ONE OF ETC. h e r e a g a in ;^E ENCOUNTER OR. ELLIS* OW. PHYSICAL, MATE^AL CONDESCENSION AND FACETIOUSNESS. HE TALKED DOWN TO THE AUDIENCE .STIC ORIENTATION. H iS ENTIRE ARGUMENT RESTS ON EXTERNAL APPEAR AS THOUGH THEY WERE SEMI-LITERATE BARBARIANS. HiS TONE WAS " I M ANCES AND MATERIALISTIC ASSUMPTIONS. DOING YOU A FAVOR." IT IS INTERESTING TO NOTE, HOWEVER, THAT Wt€N OR. A PROFESSOR FROM NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, DR. ERNEST VAN DEN HAAG, th a t a l l HOMOSEXUALS ARE UNABLE TO RELATE WELL TO ^OCI . WAS ASKED TO DISCUSS DR. E L L IS ' SPEECH, AND THOUGH IT WAS OBVIOUS MAKES AN EXCEPTION OF THE MEMBERS OF THE MATTACHINE ^OCIET ^ HE HAD HAD NO OPPORTUNITY TO PREPARE H IS STATEMENTS BEFOREHAND, THE DAUGHTERS OF B IL IT IS . HOWEVER TRUE THIS MAY BE, IT SEEMS IT WAS ALSO OBVIOUS THAT HAD HE BEEN PREPARED, HE WOUU) HAVE MADE INCONGRUOUS THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS WHOM OR. E L L IS MENTIONS AS A MORE THAN ADEQUATE REFUTATION OF DR. E L L IS ' STATEMENTS. WELL-INTEGRATED PERSONS, ARE THE VERY PEOPLE FIGHTING * C T IV ^ FOR THE RIGHTS OF THE HOMOSEXUAL, AGAINST THE SOCIETY THAT TH AFTER DR. VAN DEN HAAG HAD COMPLETED H IS REMARKS, DR. E L L IS AGAIN RELATE TO SO WELL. ROSE TO T>€ PODIUM, AND PROCEEDED TO BE MORE ODIOUS AND LUDICROIS (WHERE PO SSIBLE) THAN HE HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY. HE REFERRED TO DR. DR E L L IS IS GENEROUS ENOUGH TO ADMIT THAT THE PRESENT CODES OF VAN DEN HAAG'S REFUTATIONS AS "HOARY CHESTNUTS." HE NEVER DIO SOCIETY ARE WRONG. YET, HE S T IL L SAYS THAT THE HOMOSEXUAL IS C U IM THAT THOSE "HOARY CHESTNUTS" WERE FALSE OR INVALID. THEY WRONG, ACCORDING TO THE "WRONG" CODES OF SOCIETY. IS NO ONE ARE NOT. t h ey w e r e SIMPLY THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN THAT DR. "RIGHT"? E L L IS REFUSES TO ACKNOWUDGE. MORECVER, THOSE "CHESTNUTS" THAT DR. VAN DEN Haag p ic k e d , w ere h a ng ing IN THE COMPANY OF THE HE SEEMS TO BE CONVINCED THAT IF HOMOSEXUALS WERE FORGIVEN THEIR "CHESTNUTS" THAT DR. EL LIS CHOSE TO PICK AND EXPLOIT TO H IS OWN -SIN S" BY SOCIETY, HOMOSEXUALITY AS AN ACTUALITY WOULD BE THEREBY ENDS, DR. El l i s can' t s e e t h e f r u it fo r t h e c h e st n u t s. MINIMIZED. PERHAPS HE MEANS THAT SINCE ALL OR NEARLY ALL HOMO SEXUALS ARE PSYCHOTIC OR BORDERLINE PSYCHOTIC, THEN DISTURBED Had Dr . El l i s chosen to stand ano sa y "Th i s i s my o p in io n , " I INDIVIDUALS WOULD BE DROPPED FROM THE RANKS OF HOMOSEXUALS, SINCE DOUBT th a t h e COULD BE QUESTIONED, BECAUSE HE IS ENTITLED TO H IS THERE WOULD NO LONGER BE ANY PERSECUTION OR INJUSTICE TO FEED OPINION. BUT TO PROCUIM THAT WHAT HE SAYS IS VALID, SCIENTIFIC THEIR PSYCHOSES, LEAVING ONLY THE WELL-INTEGRATED HOMOSEXUAL. FACT. IS AN INSULT TO THE AUDIENCE. IN CLOSING, LET ME BORROW Th a t i s , IF we a c c ept h i s sta tem en t th at a l l homosexuals a r e FROM DR. VAN DEN HAAG ANO SAY; "DR. EL LIS SURELY ABUSES H IS RIGHT PSYCHOTIC OR b o r d e r l in e PSYCHOTIC. TO BE WRONG, ANO NEGLECTS H IS RIGHT TO BE RIGHT." U »„d th... 1. » «nd.r.«rr..t .f L..bl.» f.ll.g . . « 8 « . moderns. Prom The Collected Poems "f Sara Teasdale^, f « r - Ippho," "The unchanging," "Grey Eyes," "ihTstorm," ..d .y.«ry." b,..uy .»«».Ing are the Collected Lyrics of Edna St. Vincent M ill^, In Lesbian Lyrics eluding "Evening on Lesbos," "Vihen J,, and "Memorial to D. C." Can we forget her Witch-Wife "She loves me all that she can. •’You are oomej. »+'tls1 ^ wall*weiii I longed for youj And her ways to my ways resign; And you have brought to flame anew But she was not made for any man, tL iire of love In my heart;" - Sappho And she never will be all mine." It must not be overlooked that men poets have Je en able to delineate our feelings with profound understanding. ;n:: Charles Baudelaire writes of; . v n l n g 1 » th. i« l., w. ..y h.v. r..a « ... "Lesbos, whereof the kisses are whirlpools and cascades Sara Teasdale; Journeying carelessly Into a dark abyss; «airls shall come In whom love has SO wild the sobbing and laughter among the ' Of all their swaying beauty - they s a » so secret, so profound, so stormy, every kiss! But never Vppho's voice, like .afters" Shall seek for heaven through your echoing rafter The Songs of Bllltls are known to us all, whlle ^£-Is_M £ Beloved by Walter Benton voices universal sentiment. or the haunting cadences of Edna St. Vincent Millay: „ 1 need love more than ever now... I need your love... -Twice having seen your shingled heads adorable Because love has your face and body... And your Side by side, the onyx and the gold hands are tender and your mouth is sweet - I know that I have had what I could not hold. And God has made no other eyes like yours. Perhaps then we didn't understand as we do now, but only ..u p... «b felt vague longings. Or perhaps feelings we discovered long ago. P r z: ITZlt. lines, our first feelings were made » beauty and beings with sentiment, there wi could realize what we wanted to know. For there ha we h ave n o t changed so much in the ages; ’ he^i a lealth of Lesbian poetry, long before - y -v els "ew has remained the same. Ml« Teasdale writes for us. on the scene created any sensation. In the century, there appeared Coleridge's "Christabel," and "Sunswept beaches with a light wind blowing From the Immense blue circle of the sea, also Christina Rossetti's "Echo": And the soft thunder where the long waves whiten - "Come to me in the silence of the night; These were the same for Sappho as for me. Come in the speaking silence of a dream; Come with soft rounded cheeks and eye as bright "Two thousand years - much has gone _ As sunlight on a stream; ...•• Change takes the gods and ships and spee Speak low, lean low. But here on the beaches that time passes over As long ago, my love, how long agol" The heart aohes now as then." Cross-Currents mid i love (fOU OR. NORMAN JANZER, THE PSYCHIATRIST ^ 0 EXAMINED CONVICTS m lL SLAYER JEANNACE FREEMAN (AUGUST I9&3 LADDER) .HEN SHE WAS 15, S ^ O IN A SPEECH RECENTLY, "COULD OREGON STU^Y THE EAlLUR OP by Jan Fraser JEANNACE F reem an w d p r o f it from t h is m is t a k e ? " h e in v it d ITICAL LEADERS TO SANCTION A STUDY WHICH COUIX) "TRANSFORM WHAT Do you remember the night we met? It was strange. I had PRESENTLY A COMPLETE DISASTER INTO A PARTIAL GAIN." stopped at a sidewalk hot-dog stand, and just as I turned away you dashed up. Breathlessly you asked the counter man, "How do I get to the Palm Club?" Without thinking I said, "I'm going there. You oan come with me." I'd never IN THE ART MUSEUM OF A MAJOR CITY, SUBTLE HOMOSEXUAL DISCRIMINA done anything like that before, picking up a girl on the TION IS BEING PRACTICED, ACCORDING TO A MAGAZINE FOR EXECUTIVES street. But there was something about you - a sort of IN THAT AREA. WITH PERMISSION WE QUOTE: ” 'N ADDITION TO W E fresh, eager look, so unlike the blase looks on the faces OVERT INFLUENCE AND CONFLICTS POSED BY THE EXISTENCE OF A S O C I ^ I'd known. IN-GROUP, MUSEUM PROFESSIONALISM PROBABLY ALSO SUFFERS FROM THE COVERT INFLUENCE OF HOMOSEXUAL IN-GROUPS WHICH W.ORK IN A FEW OF On the way to the Palm we talked. You were almost twenty- THE liiUSEUM DEPARTMENTS. HERE THE PROBLEM IS NOT BUT^GLING AMATEUR one, a senior in college. You told me your parents were sending you to Europe for a month. You'd never been to ISM FOR MOST OF THE PEOPLE ARE WELL-TRAINED AND EXTREMELY COMPE New York before, but a friend mentioned the Palm Club. TENT, AS A NUMBER OF FORMER ^’USEUM PEOPLE CONCEDE, BUT THERE IS SAID TO BE A TENDENCY TO WEED OUT COLLEAGUES WHO »DON'T F IT . We had a wonderful time. I ’d never met anyone like you. IF YOU'RE NOT GAY, YOU CAN'T STAY! At the ancient age of twenty-six I was pretty Jaded. I'd seen it all: the gay bars, the tough butohes, the sophis ticated up-towners, the transvestites you had to look at twice to know they were women. They were all part of my b a n n e d : b u t not in B o sto n . Th i s t im e Philadelphia , c r a d le of world. You were young, not so much in years as in a tti LIBERTY, IS HAVING A FLING AT BOOK-BURNING. IN A CEREMONY ON tude, To you life was still good and you were eager to church STEPS, PHILADELPHIA'S SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS AS WELL AS live it. Coming from a small midwestern college you had THE POLICE COMMISSIONER AND CHIEF INSPECTOR SMUGLY OFF 101ATED^AS no idea of what gay life could be - the disillusionment, AN ALTAR BOY L IT A TAPER, THE CHOIR SANG HYMNS - AND "COCKTAIL" the searching and never finding, the loneliness. MAGAZINE WAS SOLEMNLY ROASTED OVER A PORTABLE BARBECUE P IT . TwO That night you said you loved me, and the next morning you DAYS LATER, NO LESS THAN 7 ° POLICE AND PLAINCLOTHESMEN WERE DE left for Europe. I got your first letter a week later. PLOYED TO ARREST 22 NEWSSTAND DEALERS AND CONFISCATE 5000 MAGA In it you made plans for our life together. You talked of ZINES OF THE EUNSHINE-AND-HEALTH NUDIST VARIETY. CAN THE HUMAN leaving college, getting a Job, living here with me. body IN ITSELF BE JUDGED OBSCENE? BUT THE INTIMIDATION W!AS U\UNCHED. WOVIE-HOUSE RAIDS CAME NEXT. BLEATED ONE PUBLIC OF Me - I wassoared. I didn't want to love you. To be F IC IA L , "OUR CHILDREN MUST BE PROTECTED." PITY THAT DISAPPOINTED truthful, I was afraid to. I'd been around too much. I'd seen people get hurt loving. I even got hurt once or a l t a r b o y . That night I went down to the Palm, had one drink and went V«™ I was smarter. Love was for those who hone. I became the bar's worst customer. Every night, dldn^t^icnow better. I didn't believe In It. one drink and home. I was proud of myself. I boasted to my unbelieving companions. One night on the way out I But sloTily things changed. Can a person fall in love overheard, "She'll never make it. Christmas is three through letters? Doesn’t sound possible, but I did, I fought it every Inch. I didn't want to give in. I tried months away." to tell myself I was flattered by your attention, that For a while everything was fine. I basked in the sun of what I felt was Just passion, a passing fancy. It n my new, unaccustomed virtue. I was home by 10:30 every work. I was in love. Me, the gal with the "one night night. I began to look with disdain at my promiscuous stand" rep. It showed too. I wore a beatific smile; I friends. And wonder of wonders, I began staying away dragged your name into conversations; my purse bulged with from the bars. But soon I got bored watching television your letters. Everyone kidded me. "You'll never be true. and reading. One night I got dressed and went to the Two weeks after she gets baok you'll be bored. We know Palm Club. My friends greeted me with Jubilant cries. you." I couldn't blame them. Maybe there was something wrong with me. Let someone really fall for me and I "Look who's herel Welcome baok." wasn't interested. I never wanted anyone to love me. Before I knew it I was drunk. I awoke next morning in Till you, that is. Pat's apartment. She looked embarrassed when she told me, "You wanted to come back here. You said you weren't The day you came home I was at the airport waiting. Vie going to stay cooped up for anyone. Hell, honey, I like went to the Palm Club that night. My friends were eager to see the girl I'd flipped for. They weren't disappoin you. What was I supposed to do?" ted. Someone said, "Boy, you've got it. Give her a year "You could have told me to go home," I muttered. and a haircut, and she'll be the cutest butch in toTO.' Pat, a girl I'd gone with off and on, told me, "She's "Baby, if It wasn't me it would have been someone else. green now, but you can fix that. She has possibilities." Tou weren’t about to go home*” !Vhen we got home you were full of ideas and love and en I spent the next weak staying contritely at my apartment thusiasm that swept me along too. I'd been cautious about until I couldn't stand the sight of the place, I even expressing my feelings in my letters and for some reason called some straight friends and went to a movie with saving it for a big dramatic declaration of love. I never them. Finally I couldn't take it any more. I gave in. did get to make it. You were planning to stay a week be The old cycle began again. Bars and girls. Different fore going back to college, but when you called home and bars and different girls every week. discovered your mother was ill you left the next day. That's why irtien your next letter comes I won't answer it. "I know you understand," you said. "I'll be back for That's why you won't be hearing from me again. My life Christmas." (you had abandoned your plan to give up col isn't for you. After a while you'd hate it, and me too, lege and decided instead to come East for good in June so I've been like this too long. I can't change. I guess we could be together.) I don't want to. I ^w you off on the plane and though you didn't ask it I promised to be faithful till you came baok. "You don't Be good. have to promise anything; I trust you." You smiled. I Lauri e pushed the nagging doubts to the back of my mind and re- m&inber6d that smile* Dramatic Arts BY ROBIN RICHARDS " I AM GLAD THAT DR. GUNDUCH IS WVORKING IN THE F IE L D OF LESBIA N Sh i r l e y J a c k s o n ' s e x c e l l e n t n o v e l h a s THE HALNTING OF HILL HOUSE ISM; AND SINCE HE WANTS HETEROSEXUALS IN THE CONTROL GROUP FOR HIS BEEN MADE INTO A MOVIE STARRING CLAIRE BLOOM AND JU L IE HARRIS. RESEARCH PROJECT, I SHALL BE GUD TO OFFER MY COOPERATION. Th i s i s now b e i n g distributed on a n a t io n w id e b a s i s and LADDER r e a d e r s w i l l w ant to s e e i t . r e v i e w s fro m t h e n e w Y o r k a r e a in "HOWEVER, I FEEL THE VALUE OF THE GUNOUCH RESEARCH PROJECT IS d ic a t e t h a t i t i s a f i r s t -r a t e m o v ie a n d t h a t t h e st r o n g l e s b i a n LIMITED, AND THE FEELING BEHIND IT MAY EVEN BE HARMFUL. IT MAY t h e m e h a s b e e n r e t a in e d in t h e f i l m v e r s i o n . On t o p c f t h i s , t h e ASSUAGE THE ANXIETY FELT BY LESBIANS WHO ACCEPT THE UBELS OF STORY i s a s p i n e CHILLER WHICH SUSPENSE MOVIE FANS W ILL ENJOY. 'ABNORMAL' OR 'D E V IA T E .' BUT THE VERY NATURE OF THE STUDY INDI CATES B IA S IN FAVOR OF ENVIRONMENT'S BEING THE GENERALLY PRED IS BASED ON THE STORY OF THE SAME NAME BY HONORE OE BALZAC, THE GIRL POSING FACTOR TOWARD HOMOSEXUALITY, AND A FEELIN G THAT HOMOSEXU WITH THE GOLDEN EYES IS CURRENTLY SHOWING IN THE U .S . Th e ENGLISH A LIT Y IS UNDERSIRABLE AND IF WE CAN FIND OUT ENOUGH ABOUT ITS SUBTITLES KEEP ONE APACE WITH THE UPDATED PLOT. VIEWERS UHO ARE CAUSES WiE CAN CUT BACK ON IT OR CURE IT . FAMILIAR WITH EARLY HOMOPHILE LITERATURE WILL HAVE NO DIFFICULTY RECOGNIZING THIS THEME: OLDER LESBIAN HOLDS BEAUTIFUL AND INNO "HOMOSEXUALITY IS A NORMAL MANIFESTATION OF HUMAN NATURE, NOT CENT YOUNG GIRL UNDER HER INFLUENCE; GIRL MEETS MAN SHE CAN LOVE; SOMETHING TO BE CURED L IK E A D IS EA S E. IT IS ONE OF THE NATURAL MAN RECIPROCATES. SOMETHING HAS TO HAPPEN, AS WE ALL KNOW ONLY PRODUCTS OF THE COMPLEX INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE UNIQUE HEREDITY TOO WELL. YOU WILL ENJOY SEEING THIS SUPERIOR MOVIE TO THE BITTER AND ENVIRONMENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL INVOLVED. '/HAT IS WRONG WITH END ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THE CHARACTERS ARE SO WELL DRAWN. THE MAN HOMOSEXUALITY, WHAT PUSHES THE HOMOSEXUAL INTO UNHEALTHY BEHAVIOR IS SATIATED WITH WOMEN UNTIL HE MEETS THE MYSTERIOUSLY DIFFERENT AND ATTITUDE PATTERNS, IS NOT HOMOSEXUALITY ITSELF, BUT THE WAY GIRL. Th e g i r l i s tormented b y HER DESIRE FOR HER FIR ST MALE LOV SOCIETY F EE LS ABOUT IT AND REACTS TO IT . T H IS IS WHAT TURNS THE ER. THEN THE CHARACTER AND FEELING OF THE OLDER LESBIAN SWIFTLY HOMOSEXUAL AGAINST H IM SELF; TH IS IS WHAT PERSUADES HIM TO ACCEPT ASSERT THEMSELVES. THOUGH THE FILM IS ADMIRABLE, SUCH STORIES DENIGRATING APPROACHES TOW/ARO STUDIES OF HOMOSEXUALITY. HAVE NO DOUBT CONTRIBUTED TO THE STEREOTYPE OF THE CONFIRMED LES BIAN AS A WOMAN WHO PREYS UPON INNOCENT YOUNG G IR L S. PERHAPS MORE "MOST PEOPLE WHO DISAPPROVE OF THEMSELVES FEEL THEY MUST CHANGE ENLIGHTENING TO THE PUBLIC WOULD BE A SYMPATHETIC PORTRAYAL OF THE FOR THE BETTER. WHEN T H IS CAN BE DONE, F IN E . VHEN IT CANNOT, IT OLDER Le s b ia n abandoned b y th e not-so - in n o cen t yolng t h in g . IS PAIN FUL AND WASTEFUL TO TRY FOR CHANGE. THE EFFORT MUST BE IN THE DIRECTION OF SELF-ACCEPTANCE BY WAY OF UPWARD RE-EVALUATION. An Ar g e n t in e -produced m o v ie v e r s io n , in En g l is h , o f J ea n -Pa u l Sa r t r e ' s NO EXIT p r o v e s that an e x c e l l e n t m otion p ic t u r e can b e "L e s b i a n s a r e o f t e n m ad e to f e e l t h a t t h e r e i s s o m e t h in g wrong MADE w ith o u t l a v is h SETTINGS. THE ACTION TAKES P U C E PRIMARILY WITH BEIN G WHAT THEY A RE, AND THAT IF THEY WORK AT IT THEY CAN IN ONE ROOM ( an AFTER-DEATH LOCATION) AND IS CARRIED PRIMARILY BY CHANGE AND BECOME NORMAL. (T H IS IS THE VIEW HELD BY MANY PSYCHO THREE CHARACTERS, ONE OF WHOM IS A LESBIAN (PU YED DYNAMICALLY BY THERAPISTS. I FIND IT DEPLORABLE.) THUS, MINORITIES TEND TO VIVECA LINCFORS). THE ORIGINAL SCRIPT WAS ALTERED ONLY SLIGHTLY, REFLECT THE PREJUDICES THEY FIND IN THEIR SOCIETY. ONE DIVERGENCE HAVING TO DO WITH THE EARTHLY MISDEEDS OF INEZ, THE L e s b i a n . Parenthetically one w onders why Sa r t r e , a hom osexu "T h e two- v a l u e d orientation i s inapplicable to s e x . S o c ie t y a c t s a l , ALWAYS MAKES H IS HOMOSEXUAL CHARACTERS SUCH DOGS. NEVERTHE OUT o f IGNORANCE ANO/OR CRUELTY WHEN IT ATTEMPTS TO FORCE PEOPLE LESS, HIS PHILOSOPHICAL POINT EMERGES: "HELL IS — OTHER PEOPLEi" INTO ONE OF TVW ACCEPTABLE SEX CLASSIFICATIONS (MALE, FEMALE) AND MORE ABOUT THE 'WHY' OF HOMOSEXUALITY, SCIENTISTS WHO ARE NOT PROVIDES A THIRD 'WASTEBASKET' CATEGORY (HOMOSEXUAL) FOR THE MANY STEEPED IN PRE-CONCEIVED NOTIONS W ILL ALSO COME TO UNDERSTAND MORE HUMAN BEIN G S WHO CANNOT BE FORCED INTO THE F IR S T TWO. HOMOSEXUALS ABOUT THE ' WHAT,' AND THUS MAY HAVE A MUCH BETTER BASIS FOR CON a r e not d e v i a t e s ; t h e i r g r e a t e s t S IN IS NON-CONFORMITY IN A CON CLUDING WHETHER OR NOT CHANGE OR PREVENTION IS REALLY DESIRABLE! FORMIST SOCIETY. Th e r e a r e many s e x e s . I can t h in k o f a t l e a s t e ig h t MAJOR GROUP-HEADINGS, NONE OF WHICH IS N ECESSARILY SUPERIOR "DC6 HAS STRONGLY FAVORED STUDY OF THE 'WHAT* QUESTION, BUT SO FAR TO, OR m o r a ll y b e t t e r THAN, ANY OF THE OTHERS. HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO INTEREST QUALIFIED PERSONS IN MAKING THIS THE PRIMARY O BJEC TIV E OF TH EIR STUDY. SO WE ARE COOPERATING IN A "A L L CF US MUST LEARN TO L IK E AND ACCEPT O URSELVES. THE HOMOSEX STUDY OF 'WHY* AS BEING USEFUL IN ITSELF, CERTAINLY AS BEING BET UAL HAS THE ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS WHICH ACCRUE TO ANY DISCRIMINATED- TER THAN NO STUDY AT A LL, AND AS PROBABLY THROWING SOME INCIDENTAL AGAINST MINORITY. HE MUST ATTEMPT TO ELIM IN A T E H IS PR EJU D IC ES LIGHT ON THE 'WHAT* QUESTION TOO." AGAINST HIMSELF, AND HE MUST WORK TO ENLIGHTEN THE PUBLIC. FOR OPTIMUM RESULTS, BOTH EFFORTS MUST ADVANCE HAND IN HAND." - F l o r e n c e Co n ra d , Ch a ir m a n , DOe r e s e a r c h Co m m it t e e ***)({ - F. I. B., Ca l i f o r n i a "R e v e r e n d wood' s a r t i c l e in t h e S e p t e m b e r is s u e i s a s insensitive AS IT IS i n s e n s i b l e . THAT HOMOSEXUAL I TY CAN BE AN AGENT OF POPU (NOTE: Th e f o l l o w in g l e t t e r i s in r e p l y t o t h e o n e a b o v e .) LATION CONTROL IS UNDENIABLE. BUT HOW EFFECTIVE AN AGENT? HE SHOULD TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE MANY HOMOSEXUALS WHO DO HAVE CHIL " I AGREE t h o ro u g h ly THAT SELF -ACCEPTANCE IS VERY IMPORTANT. DREN, AND THOSE WHO ENTER INTO SHORT-TERM CONVENTIONAL HETEROSEX 'AHETHER homosexuals ARE DEVIATES OR NOT DEPENDS ON WHETHER THE UAL R E U T IO N S H IP S SIM PLY IN ORDER TO HAVE A CHILD. IN SEARCHING WORD IS USED IN THE PURELY ST A T IST IC A L SEN SE, OR IN SOME 'NORMA FOR A WAY TO LESSEN POPULATION GROWTH, REV. WOOD IS TOO READY TO TIVE' OR VALUE-ORIENTED SENSE. IF IN THE STATISTICAL SENSE, SKIM OVER SOLUTIONS MORE DIFFICULT TO EFFECT, AND TO PRESENT HOMO HOMOSEXUALS ^ D EVIA TES, ^ ABNORIML. IF THE WORD IS USED IN SEXUALITY AS A PACKAGED SUBSTITUTE ANSWER. PROGRESS IS BEING MADE THE SENSE CF »SOMETHING WRONG, BAD, U N DESIRABLE' - THAT IS D IF TOWARD INSTIGATING WORLD-WIDE BIRTH CONTROL, A SOLUTION CONSIDER FERENT. I'M NOT PREPARED TO ARGUE THIS QUESTION RIGHT NOW, BUT ABLY MORE DIFFICULT IN ITS SOCIAL AND MORAL ASPECTS, BUT CERTAINLY MORE CLOSELY CONNECTED WITH THE POPULATION PROBLEM AND CAPABLE OF I DON'T L IK E THE USE CF THE WORD 'D E V IA T E ' IN T H IS SENSE WITHOUT MUCH BETTER JUSTIFICATION THAN MOST I'VE HEARD. HOMOSEXUALS CAN MORE FAR-REACHING EFFECT. ACCEPT THEMSELVES EVEN IF THEY ARE (STATISTICAL) DEVIATES. " I MUST VEHEMENTLY PROTEST THE STATEMENT THAT GOO PERMITS THE CREATION OF HOMOSEXUALS WITH ONE OF H IS PURPOSES BEING A 'B U ILT - IN "NOW ABOUT THE STUDY. I THINK DR. GlNOLACH WOULD PROBABLY BE THE DETERRENT TO THE DANGERS OF OVER-POPULATION.» PSYCHOLOGICAL E V I F IR S T TO AGREE THAT ANY HUMAN BEHAVIOR IS THE PRODUCT OF A COMPLEX DENCES POINT ONLY TO A B U ILT -IN SEXUALITY THAT IS , IN THE HUMAN INTERACTION BETWEEN THE UNIQUE HEREDITY AND ENVIRONMENT OF THE INFANT, NEITHER 'HETERO* NOR 'HOMO' BUT »AUTO» - I.E ., 'SELF' - INDIVIDUAL INVOLVED. I DO NOT THINK THE STUDY ASSUMES ANYTHING DIRECTED. Th e e m e r g e n t HETERO OR HOMO PERSONALITY IS CULTURALLY ABOUT THE D E S IR A B IL IT Y OR U N D ESIR A BILIT Y OF THE HOMOSEXUAL CONDI PRODUCED, NOT GOO-CREATED. TIO N; BUT IT DOES CERTAINLY CONCENTRATE ON ENVIRONMENT, SIN C E TH IS IS MORE READILY ACCESSIBLE TO STUDY BY MAIL QUESTIONNAIRE. I DO "To THE PROPOSED SOLUTION THAT WE FIND ANOTHER PLANET, REV. WOOD THINK THAT THE STUDY OF CAUSATION DOES PERHAPS IMPLY AN INTEREST SAYS, 'SH EER IM P E R IA LIS M !' HOWEVER, NO COMMENT IS FORTHCOMING IN UNDERSTANDING THE 'WHY' IN ORDER TO CONTROL OR CHANGE - THOUGH FROM HIM CONCERNING THE VISIO N OF 'THE TIME WHEN HOMOSEXUALITY THIS MAY NOT AT ALL BE THE EXPLICIT REASON FOR THE STUDY. AND YET MIGHT BECOME COMPULSORY AS A MEANS CF SU R V IV A L.' PERHAPS THE I FAVOR THE STUDY, BECAUSE I THINK THAT IN COMING TO UNDERSTAND PARADOX CF THE STATEMENT ESCAPED H IM j DR. HOOKER’ S REMARK THAT •INCIDENCE (OF HOMOSEXUALITY) DOES NOT APPEAR TO INCREASE lAHEN PUNITIVE LAWS AGAINST IT ARE ABOLISHED,' CERTAINLY DOES NOT IMPLY BILITIS THAT MORE PEOPLE W IL L BECOME HOMOSEXUAL TO D IS P E L THE PO PUUTIO N INCORPOR A T E D PROBLEM." NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS and San Francisco Chapter: 1232 Market St., - M. L . , Rh o d e I s l a n d Suite 108, San Francisco 2, California ♦ * * ♦ New York Chapter: P.O. Box 3629. Grand Central Station, New York 17, N.Y. 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