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HELEN P. BRANSON TELLS REASONS Whx Homosexuals Don’t Get Married (Page 8)
’’ONE" NOT OBSCENE SAYS U. S. SUPREME COURT (Page 4)
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SUPREME COURT Also on the legal front In Jonuory 1958 come another important announcement: Government Decides Not to Contest Court Ruling to Admit LIFT S BAN IN Pornographic Material for Use in Kinsey Research Work UNANIMOUS (From the Portland Oregonian) DECISION NEW YORK- The fed cision with a public statement that the new standard cdvers eral government has accepted admission of materials “for a new legal standard for ob genuine scientific use only.” scenity and agreed to'let the The decision, the treasury Kinsey institute import some said, “does not mean the bars concededly pornographic pic are down” for pornographic tures, books and other objects. In a unanimous decision the U. S. Supreme Court reversed a Post The decision was hailed here imports intended for public dis Office ban on the mailing of One, the homosexual magazine, on Saturday by the law firm tribution. January 13, 1958, in Washington, D. C. Also lifted by the unan- which represented the institute C ustom s Commissioner in a government law suit as “a Ralph Kelly said: mous decision of the Court was a ban on two nudist magazines. victory for the mind of man.” “The ruling is of very limit Sunshine & Health and Sun Magazine. The government’s suit was ed application. Imports of por The Court appears to have found that the magazines simply were directed against Indiana uni nographic and obscene mater versity’s institute for Sex Re ials intended for the general not obscene, thus reversing lower Federal Court decisions result search incorporated. The insti public continue to be illegal, ing from charges made by postal officials. In the case of One, the tute was founded by the late and will be seized and de ban specifically applied to the October 1954 issue only. Cited in Dr. Alfred C. Kinsey. stroyed by customs if at the original charges by Los Angeles postoffice were an article, The new standard held that tempted.” "Sappho Remembered,” a poem, "Lord Samuel and Lord Montagu,” the material is not legally ob The material involved had scene because it is unlikely to been seized by the customs bu and the general tone of the magazine, which carried a series of arouse the “prurient interest” reau over the last seven years drawings under the heading, "Gay Menagerie,” and an article on of Uiose who will see it. on its way to the »institute. the law of mailable material headed, "You Can’t Print That.” The The official position prev A government suit to have iously had been that a thing is the material destroyed was re postoffice stand was that it couldn’t be mailed. o^ene in itself, no matter jected here last November 1 by One, Inc. fought the charges in both a Federal Court in Los Ang wno is going to see or read it. Federal District Judge Ed eles and a Federal Court of Appeals at San Francisco, where it The treasury department mund L. Palmieri. He ruled lost both counts. With shoestring financing but strong determina- quii^y followed up the de- that an object is not legally ob- 4 m attcuAiM e r the various cultural expressions of human sexuality. scene if the person importing The imports in the Kinsey When the objects began arriving in New York, it has a genuine scientUic pur case include photography Chi Customs men seized them. No Government report pose. nese p ain tin g s, statuettes, His decision that the institute books and what were identified is ever likely to reveal how many hours of “scientific was entitled to have the im as “lavatory wall inscriptions.” study” have since been given this material by the pounded material was stayed The government’s decision to Fedefral officialdom of New York. If it has not while the government pondered accept and apply generally the whether to appeal. new obscenity standard does undergone frequent re-examination, then Customs The final decision not to ap not bind the post office. How men are different from ordinary cops. A cop who peal was made by Solidtor ever, it may influence the atti Confiscates a particularly gamey burlesque-house General J. Lee Rankin aher tude of postal officials in decid film is flooded for weeks with demands for private the criminal division of the jus ing whether matter is “Ob tice department had indorsed scene” and therefore non-mail bookings. a treasury recommendation able. In taking the Kinsey materials out of the hands against appeal. of the Customs Bureau, the District Court has not merely helped serious scholarship but it also has Many leading newspapers commented editorially on the above stepped on a particularly repugnant form of the action. Here is what appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle; Federal propensity to tell university scholars what they are entitled to read and study—and therefore think. The whole episode is especially sordid because Customs’ 7-Year Itch it was so unnecessary. Is Finally Scratched THE SOCIETY FOR THE SCIEHTIFIC STUDY OF SEX
A SEVEN YEARS’ ITCH of the U. S. Customs PURPOSE Bureau to destroy some books, photographs, Hi« Socitty for ttw Sciontific Study of Sm (SSSS) ho boon orgoniiod to fottor intordlseiplinory eichongo in the fiold of SMUol bowtodjo. The aim of tba Socjoty a to paintings and statuettes .collected by the late Dr. bring together ict«nti»+i working In the biological, n>odicai, anthropological, psychological, so d ^ ica l. and alKad fields who are conducting significant sexual research or whoso Alfred Kinsey, authority on sex, has been mercifully profession confronts thom with soxual proWoms. cured by a sensible judgment of a United States / ACTIVITIES V District Court. We congratulate the Court. It ordered The SSSS will hold periodic scientific meetings for the presontotion of reseerch the material released from customs to the University popers. It will orgoniie symposio, seminors, worlshops. «»forencoi, etc. to .consider theo- raticol end practicol protlems in the sexuol oreo. It will also publish a scientiEe |Oumal of Indiana’s Institute for Sex Research, Inc., because devoted to relevant original studies and reports.
in scholars’ hands it .would not be of “prurient MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS interest” and so need not be confiscated as legally Minimum requirements for Felow: A doctor's degree or its equivalent in one of the obscene. biolog'ieol or social sciences plus outstanding contributions to seiuol knowledge. Minimum requirements for Member: A graduate degree or its equivalent in m of the biological or social sciences phis contributions to sexual science; or significant con- As for the Customs men suffering all these fributions fo sexual science. years from their itch, that could have been avdded Further information concerning the Society if Undersecretaries of the Treasury, and Collectors and Its activities may be obtained from: Robort V eit Sherwin of Customs and United States Attorneys had been 1 Eo«t Forty-$*c»nd Str««t less sanctimonious and bigotedly virtuous about a New York 17, New York matter that had no bearing whatever on the public morals. Dr. Kinsey, back in 1950 and 1051, collected tile materials in Europe and the Orient for study of r H ELEN P. BRANSON
WHomosexuals
-ÍW." HELEN P. BRANSON We/«i P. Branson's view of homosexuals comes, as she plainly tells, only from her observation of many of them as customers and friends of a bar which she operates. The story of her "Gay Bar" sex habits. It is a growing one as these ranks—or knowledge about was told in a recent small book by her (reviewed elsewhere in this them-increase. In my opinion, the generally accepted interpreta issue of Mactachine Review^ tion is a fellacy. By this, I mean the suspicion that homosexuals The following article might well be entitled "Reasons Why Ho live for the pleasure of the seduction of teenage boys. This fear mosexuals Don't Get Married," for that is what it is about. Read has been based on the occasional acts of this nature, but we can ers of the article, as well as sociologists and psychologists, may not assume that all heterosexual men seduce young girls just be disagree with Helen's views, but they can hardly deny that her cause there is a crime of this nature committed now and then. Any points have been scored at one time or another by people they group of people has its few who give the whole clan an unsavory know. They may say she has dealt with surface symptoms and not reputation. Most of the homosexuals abhor the exception who is touched all-important root causes—if there are such underlying fac drawn to youths and feel that judges should ’throw the book at tors to get at. At any rate Helen's viewpoints are food for thought. anyone guilty of such practices. Read and see. Then don't be afraid to write if she's wrong. The problem is that such an unbelievably high percentage of adult males are not married and don't intend to be manted. This Everyone has his special reason for making statements about leaves an equally high percentage of females unloved and unmar- any given subject. This is his point of view, and although he may ri ed. not agree with others, he has his right to his opinion. I see homo There are several reasons why the homosexual does not want to sexuality from one viewpoint that many others have not had the op- marry. The first reason I am giving seems trivial, but I am seeing fxwtunity of utilizing. one ’mixed’ marriage break up because of this. It is simply that I own and operate a homosexual bar, known as a *gay' bar. I wel most women do not keep house well enough for the gay man. I con- come male homosexuals only. I am in my sixth year of operation myself a neat housekeeper but my house would not suit many of and feel that I am in a position to express convictions. my customers. Their houses or apartments are often decorator’s Homosexuality IS a problem. It is a deeper one than just unusual dreams. Ibis mixed marriage that is on the rocks is being wrecked 8 maffme4ime 9 girl from the former high school group set her cap for Dave. It was quite apparent to me. There was never any discussion about his by her slovenly ways in the house after he comes home from work. homosexual side, but she was aware of it as shown by an occa He has been drinking to forget it and she drinks to keep up with sional statement. They were married and Dave was honor bright in him. his attempt to make this marriage successful. He is very fond of Several years ago the fellow concerned talked to me and his big children and they agreed that she would work until a possible preg complaint was her untidiness. This seems exaggerated but nice nancy. They made no effort to prevent this happening and in a few surroundings are highly important to these boys. weeks he informed me that he was to be a father and his face was The second of my reasons is that the homosexual does not want aglow with unmistakable pride. to extend himself emotionally for fear of being hurt. Idealism and Dave and his wife had bought new furniture for an apartment, go sensitivity are two very pronounced characteristics of the invert. ing in debt for it. Within three months, in fact as soon as she was 1 see diis extreme idealism in my boys all the time. I have in mind positive that she was to have a child, she told him she didn’t want one who has gone off the deep end several times since 1 have been to be married. Sie gave no reason. She had no complaints about acquainted with him. He talks to me about the new friend who has his conduct. She just went into the bedroom after dinner, laid on the bed and read. Dave figured that it was a quirk of pregnancy. the same tastes that he has. They both like opera and curry and He was as kind and thoughtful as he could be. bicycling and swimming at night. But after they have moved in to She kept Stating that she did not want to be married, that she gether, everyday living with its small irritations is too much and wanted a divorce. Her parents argied with her, but she was adam there is another move. ant. She went to a lawyer and got a divorce in her fifth or sixth There is a third reason in this list. It is the dislike of assuming month of pregnancy. 9ie never actually used die hotnosexual side responsibilities. Many of my boys have had too much responsibil of his life as a threat, but the thought hovered there. As she got ity too early and after being set free of this they refuse to accept nearer to her time, she quit work. There was a legal agreement another liability. about costs of confinement and the period after the baby’s birth. I’m thinking of Larry, whose father was so interested in ward aie is working now, her mother cares for the baby and Dave gets politics that his wife and later Larry, at 15, worked to keep the to see the little one twice a week and take pictures of her, which household (including two other children) in food and clothing. At he Iwings in for me to see. 16, Larry was earning more than his father. Later when Larry’s When the rift first appeared, I was convinced that her actions mother passed on, he moved away and started acquiring some of could be caused by nutritional deficencies, but as the case advan the nice things he had longed for earlier. He is established now, ced it was obvious to me that hers was a deliberate program. Here but his extra time and money are going into a college education. was a way to have a legitimate child and be certain there would He draws back from the emotional trap of marriage. be no fight vdien she made the break. She moved 25 miles away, The fourth and most powerful reason for not marrying is the di making his weekly visit a hardship of Sinday driving. This action vorce laws. These fellows feel that the cards are stacked against of hers not only spoiled this marriage but it will successfully pre them. Regardless of whether the girl knows beforehand or if she vent many others from trying to establish a heterosexual home. discovers the homosexual trait after marriage, the result is gener ally the same. She can use this as a lever when she demands ali Homosexuality, from my viewpoint, is not primarily based on sex mony. He is in a cleft stick. Pay up or be exposed in court and urges. There is a meeting of the minds and an attitude toward life lose his job. Even if he is in business for himself, he does not that I do not see in heterosexual life. Possibly the homosexual’s dare risk the publicity. hesitance in assuming family life is the basis of the light, airy In the past year 1 have been watching a most tragic story unfold. mannerisms that show so plainly. The quick wit, the saber thrusts Dave is a quiet, lovable young man who went to high school and at the weak points in another’s armor, the spontaneous ingenuity has kept in touch with part of his high school gang. He has brought in creating art and beauty are traits prevalent in this group. The in two or three of this group, none of whom were homosexual. They were aware of this side of his life but loved him for himself. A sexual aspect is only a minor thing. When the invert lives this life over a period of years and if he is disappointed in his ideals, the This story from the Sew York Times, appearirtg sex urge becomes more and more powerful. I know of many older in late December 1957, is an indication that the couples who have spent years together. Their lives are united U, S. Army now considers its policy on discharges through companionship and love of home. has been too harsh. It means the veteran with a It is true that some of these men who have lost their companion • less’than-bonorable disebarge now has a chance to are now out searching for transitory pleasures. I cannot see any get bis particular disebarge reviewed,... difference in this than in the actions of a free heterosexual who is hunting brief delights from women. I do not condone the actions of many young homosexuals who are experimenting in sex procedures but we are blinded by num*' bers here, not percentages. Heterosexuals do not know and cannot believe that there is such A REVIEW BY ARMY OF RISK DISCHARGES a huge army of homosexuals. When they see the many obvious de* viates, die limp N the popular mind, the indi consultant psychiatrist, and Denis vidual stamped with the label Parr, M.D., a research fellow in of homosexuality is considered the Department of Psychiatry of mentally ill or emotionally disSt. George’s Hospital, London. The reader should be aWare that Th« eliort obevi fc« b«« «aapt«lpy from »»• lot« Dr. hii «M«el«t«* o* o turbed. M ale homosexuals are The cases had been chosen for in England any act between males, m.Mied of rofrog tb. ^ rM o< ¿»two. I further study out of a series of MUMlity md bomoMMallty fomd io lodi- most often pictured as sissihed, whether public or private, is a «IdiaU. At doteribod 1« “ StXMl lobavlor vicious or depraved. 5000 psychiatric cases seen over a criminal offense if it involves con Io tbo Horn« Molo," lodlvldoalt rot. oi fellowt, bot.d eo bolb ptycbologic r.- Even among medical men and peritjd of years by one of the tact with or exposure of the private octloM Olid ovort. iiporlooeo: psychiatrists a 'great deal of debate authors involved. parts for sexual reasons. Homosex 0. Etclotlv.ly kotoroMiMl wHb m h .o w - The report warns, it should be t . i i o l . has been generated over the ques ual behavior with a partner under 1. Prodomlnootly kotmotoiool, o.ly lo«l- tion of whether homosexuality is noted, that all the ca.ses had been sixteen years of age, is legally dootolly beoMMiool. an immature stage of development initially seen by a single psychia 2. Prodomiiiaotly hotorosotiiol, but oior* classed as “indecent assault” even tbofl loeldoiitolly kooMtoiool. and a “disease,” or rather a pattern trist and that his original judg if it consists only of gentle fond 3. iqiiolly hotn-otuiiol ood bomoMiool. of life that is a deviation from ac ment might have been wrong. ling. 4. Prodomiiwatly kiMioM«iiol. bot mar. cepted social and sexual behavior. Neverthelesii, the results of this tboo locldtfltolly kotH«Mx*ol. Twenty-five of the persons had 5. FrodooilMotly keotofonal, bot loctdoot- The subject is difficult to study analysis, while obviously not con undergone treatment as a result of oily botaroMxool. with any kind of scientific detach clusive, throw considerable light worries over their homosexuality. 4. Exelotlir.ly booNwiool. ment because of the many legal, on many controversial issues con The remainder had been under emotional and ethical aspects that nected with homosexuality. treatment because of various psy are involved. It is especially wel The one hundred cases chosen chiatric problems, pressure from group found in society—the educa come therefore to discover that an for study were all persons who friends or relatives, marital prob tional and occupational level was objective study of homosexual be were consciously aware of their lems and similar reasons. high. Forty-one of the hundred had havior has appeared recently in the homosexual tendencies or had en All but eleven of the cases ad been to universities. Only two were authoritative British Medical Jour gaged in homosexual acts with mitted that they had indulged in semi-skilled or unskilled laborers; nal. others. one or more homosexual acts with the rest were professional, inter The study, art analysis^ of one Thirty of them had been referre,d others since adolescence: mediate, skilled, or students. hundred male cases of homosexu for psychiatric treatment as a re In evaluating the survey, it Another factor is the probability ality which had initially been seen sult of criminal charges that h^d should be taken into account that that in any group of individuals in private psychiatric practice, was been leveled against them- referred to a psychiatrist there reported by Desmond Curran, a homosexual acts. the group was not the average would naturally be a much higher It is interesting to note what X X % than average proportion of emo the analysis revealed concerning the UncKon9«d Unchanged tional disturbances, or psychiatric effect of psychiatric treatment on Unehorvgtd abnormalities. homosexual inclinations. With all this in mind, let us There were fifty-nine patients turn to consideration of some of about whom enough follow-up in the pronouncements of these two formation was available to evalu British psychiatrists. ate the effect of treatment. Of The major conclusion drawn by these fifty-nine, there was no X them is a significant one that war change at all in sexual orientation B«com.ing rants careful consideration; in forty cases. Nine cases reported « HomDMxuolMORE “In our series, both practising “less intense homosexual feelings” and non - practising homosexuals or “increased capacity for hetero were on the whole successful and sexual arousal,” while three be- i valuable members of society, quite came more homosexual. Those who A-100% B-PREDOMINANTLY C-BISEXUAL unlike the popular conception of did change were almost exclusively HOMOSEXUAL HOMOSEXUAL those defined as “bisexuals.” The sttset si psyehlotrle trsotniMt es ths wxm l »Hestattos ef s vravp of 5t such persons as vidous, criminal, m k m I s b d«plcf»d bv thb chort. In 40 c o m s , tb»r« wos no ebonv» of a lt . f effete or depraved. Only one-fifth The researchers also compared raporfod to» latMiM bomosoxuol ftotiios or stroii9or botorosoxoal oronol, w bilo _____ a group of twenty-five patients btcom mera bometexiel. Noto tkot Ibete wbe éìé dMo«o were elmoit oxelotlvoly were at all obviously ‘pansy,’ and Ir 0reae C. dtf aod as ’’bbomab." In Gronp A, eosot olonod os "100% bonio« who had some kind W psycho M xnal,' oniy 1 Indhrfdnol ont of 24 «fiidfod sbowod a slloiif ebongt. In ^^np we found no reason to regard most "prndomiMlly homoMxnal," 2 ouf of 14 sbewod o sllobt eban«#. Anone 14 of the patients as physically, intel therapy in a follow-up period of "blM xnol" Indtvldnobf è bocomo moro hoforosoxnois wbllo 3 boeomo moro nomo» lectually or emotiondly immature almost five years with a matched soxvol. RoflHgi oro bomd on fbo Klasoy Rating Scalo. (unless the basic criterion for ‘im- group of twenty-five who had no unconscious desire for “defeat, hu married for a period of twenty- maturity’ is that of being a homoh such treatment. miliation, rejection.” Ih the opin five years, and had six children. sexual—a drcular argument).’’ They found no significant differ ion of the British psychiatrists, But during all these years he had Despite the fact that these cases ence between the two groups as some homosexuals gain added been able to achieve sexual climax contained a high proportion of the regards “change in sexual orienta pleasure by eluding arrest. On the only with the help of homosexual tion, discretion or control.” other hand, they said, they found fantasies. criminally charged and were all There was no evidence; they point no patient whose gratification had referred for psychiatric care, the out, that “peycliotlicfepy had any The importance of this study authors found the following: obvious eifect in any tray, on points been enhanced by detection and reported iiVNhe British Medical that coidd be tested.” For this rea punishment — “any more than Journal can be gauged from the "Only half the patients showed son, they asserted, they believe that thrill-seeking racing drivers enjoy authors’ assertion that a search of significant psychiatric abnormality all claims for the “care” of homo, a crash.” the scientific literature on the sub other than their sexual deviation, seznals should be treated with re and such assodated abnormalities serve unless the seveiMtoint rating Marriage has sometimes been ject revealed no studies of a group of homosexuality Introdnced by the suggested to homosexuals as a of homosexuals comparable to the were often sh'ght. Moreove^ many late Dr. Kinsey Is used before and method of treatment. Nineteen of hundred cases analyzed. of these abnormalities were ex after treatment and real evidenee the hundred patients studied in this Most surveys, they point out, plicable as a reaction to the dif of change presented. I» r^arch project were, or had been, have been concerned with special ficulties of being homosexual. It hm been suggested by some married. In only eight cases, the problems encountered in prison, “If homosexuality is a disease writ«8 in the field that homosex- report says, was marital adjust mental hospitals, etc. The difficulty (as has often been sugg^ted), it uals^re often attracted to homo ment apparently satisfactory. Ten of any such survey is that the mas» is in a vast number of cases mono- sexual acts because the illegality of of the nineteen, a much higher jority of practicing homosexuals symptomatic (having only a single these acts heightened their appeal. proportion than among the single never come in contact either with symptmn), non - progressive, and Dr. Edmund Bergler, for example, men, were referred to psychiatristic legal or medical authorities. Con compatible with subjective well believes that. the strongest moti care as a result of a criminal sequently, generalizations made being and objective eflScicncy.’’ vation of every homosexual is the charge. One individual had been about them may not be accurate. 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Unless specified otherwise, orders will be filled with d’Arc, Paris 13, France. equal quantities of each folder. J solely sexual; to certain personality types, gay life has many oth er appealing aspects. For example, she speculates that the high representation of homosexuals in die arts might have something to do with the fact that creative work requires a degree of concentra tion and solitude, of single-minded devotion, not easy to attain FáBOOKS when family responsibilities exist. But don’t get the wrong idea about GAY BAR. All the informa tion and the intriguing ideas áre conveyed painlessly in one good story after another. Have you heard, for example, how Gordon lost "...Listen to his entire wardrobe? "It’s that roommate of mine. He brought a sailor home and the next morning all my clothes were gone. He was your mother..." nearer my size than Jerry’s." Then, there’s the way John explains to his parents why he spends so many evenings with Bob. Why, they’re double-dating girls, of course. GAY BAR by Helen P. Branson. Pan-Graphic Press, San Francis Gordon, Jerry, John and Bob are among the "regulars" at Mrs. co, 1957, 13.00. Reviewed by RichardMttyer, New York. Branson’s bar. She does not welcome strangers. "I hand pick my When the late Dr. Kinsey was told about Helen Branson’s bar in clients’’—clients yet!—and she has a long list of "undesirables — Los Angeles, he is said to have remarked: "Well, if that woman drunks, toughs, hustlers, tourists, girls, heterosexuals (they put a runs that bar the way she says she does.,. then it is the only bar damper on conversation) and homosexuals who swish ("a menace in the United States that is run that way." to my business”) or cruise or simply dress badly. How does she As if to return the compliment — and compliment it was — Mrs. manage to get rid of all these undesirables without the aid of a Branson has now provided us with a miniature Kinsey Report on bouncer? Easy! "I give them such dirty looks, they usually stay homosexuality, without, I hasten to add, the statistical tables. for only one drink and leave." She has other strategems for insen- Her book covers an encyclopedic range in an anecdotal style. While certainly not "scientific" (thank goodness!), here is the stuff upon GAY BAR is one of those rare hooks one caonoc pat down. I love it! I must which future science can build. admit I felt quite dubious about this At that, Mrs. Branson bases her book upon a great many more project when it was first announced, "case histories" than Dr. Bergler required to spin his grandilo while reserving judgment until I had $3 .0 0 actually read the book. I'm happy to quent theories (see Homosexuality: Disease or Way of Life? by say that I think your estimate of the book was very sound. I i;ant to order Edmund Bergler, M. D., Hill & Wang, New York, 1956; also see at least a half dozen copiea to distrib Mattachine Review for May 1957). In startling contrast to Dr. Berg- ute among my friends. It is such a sane and wholesome book, good humored, yet ler’s uncharitable characterization of the homosexual, Mrs. Bran not at all superficial. It is frank, yet it son’s boys are idealistic, sensitive, imaginative, talented, orig shows unerring good taste. I think it will appeal to all types of readers-high inal, thoughtful, persevering and polite. Quite obviously. Dr. Berg brow, low brow and middle brow. It de ler and Kfrs. Branson have not known die same homosexuals. serves to be a best seller and I think it By being observant and open-minded, Mrs. Branson has learned will be. - LUTHER ALLEN. a great deal about homosexuality. She emphasizes, rightly I think, the role of the father rather than die mother in die development of a homosexual son. She suggests that restrictive, puritanical atti •(SnebfíA ¿c tudes in some segments of heterosexual society may cause some Book Sorrira Dopi. —Add 20c for Shipping: 4% S«Us T«x in Colii. to seek the freer sexual atmosphere of homosexuality. But she is aware that the attraction of homosexuality is not by any means L m eauM m e RBVIEW sitive types. Mrs. Branson seems too conscious of caste, of social distinc* dons and other arbitrary lines. Nevertheless, in a city as rife with camouflaged vice squad men as Los Angeles, her selectivity un doubtedly serves a purpose. “Anyone who owns and operates a bar,” she says, "has to have something to sell in addition to the Of ‘Gothic’ Töne The Transgeessoh. By Julian less concerned with this flimsy alcoholic beverage...! try to sell safety. Comparative safety, that Green. 222 pages. Pantheon. narrative than we are with $3.50. Green’s unmistakable tone or is.” mood. Each of the characters Obviously, she offers much more. To her boys, she is a sympa* L ike so many of Julian lain an advanced stage of dec thetic mother, a stern father, a psychiatrist, employment bureau Green’s novels, this one adence. Two are inverts, one has its setting in a small is a narcissist, one is a suicide. and matchmaker. She is undoubtedly a nice person to know-if she provincial French town. All of The novelist gives us a gen the principal characters live uine sense of the various ab includes you in. What this country needs may very well be a chain in an ancestral home distin normalities by passing back of places like Helen's-with Helen behind the bar in every one. guished by a coat of arms and forth, almost at will, from above the door: "The fact reality to imagination. He Mrs. Branson writes modestly and simply, with an occasional gave them a better opinion of captures the tonality of the evocative line ("lonesomeness is a phantom that hovers over every themselves, and such was the “gothic.” virtue of the escutcheon that Green is especially success one” ) and even a dash of suspense (will our girl Helen succeed certain itdiabitants of the old ful with his treatment of in in getting the padlock off the bar door and escaping inside before house felt themselves a trifle version. His'delicate handling superior to the rest of the of the problem recalls the the burglar catches up with her?) world.” most revealing pages in Pan-Graphic Press deserves to be congratulated on this, its first As lá two earlier Green Proust’s "Cities of the Plain” nóvela, "Avarice House" and and Glde’s “Counterfeiters.” book. GAY BAR is both entertaining and significant. The printing ‘The Closed Garden,” the The portrait of Jean as homo is excellent-1 found only one error. The publisher has also pro characfefs seem to be a part sexual is particularly sympa of the décor; they are set vided a thoughtful and informative introduction by Dr. Blanche M. pieces in a skillfully arranged thetic and convincing. arabesque. Hedvnge, the or Green's Conversion Baker which adds considerably to the value of the volume. phan, has an unrealistic at Since the author’s "going tachment for a‘ homosexual. over to Rome" in the early Jean, the unwanted lodger- years of the second World mattachine^ D IK K C T O R Y relative, contemplates a book War. almost all his novels on the artistic reproductions have been haunted by Catholic National Headquarters of St Sebastian. Ulriqne, the overtones. The journals Green daughter, carries about a per kept in 1938-39 (recently MATTACHINE so c iety , INC., 693 Mission Street, San Francisco petual image of her own trimslated into English as 5, Calif. Tel. EXbrook 7-0773 beauty reflected in the fam "Personal Record”) explain ily mirror. Mme, Pouque, the the religious transformation. aunt, plays the devil’s advo The novels of the ’40’s, Branch Offices cate, finding the diabolical through an Indelicate han pleasing and even attractive. dling of this conversion, do DENVER Chapter—Post Office Box 7035, Capitol Hill Station, This gallery of portraits re little for Green’s stature as a Denver 6, Colo. Tel. Florida 5-3438 (Sec.) inforces the unrealistic set novelist ‘The 'Transgressor,” ting,of the novel. ’The char fortunately, gives the problem LOS ANGELES Area Council—Post Office Box 1025, Los Angeles acters are never quite human; a more artistic buls. they are dilated into symbol The novel is dtny translated. 53, Calif. Tel. NOrmandie 3-2616 (Chm.) Green’s prose wears well in and myth. English. Tliis is partly due to NEW YORK Area Council—1183 Avenue of the Americas (4th FI.), "Gotfik’' Tonalüy the fact that he is of Ameri New York 36, N.Y. TeL Circle 5-1868 The book has the barest ele can origin and was educated ment of plot Hedwige't grad at the University of Virginia. SAN FRANCISCO Area Council—693 Mission St, San Francisco ual emergence to maturity, His fluency in English prob 5, Calif. Tel. EXbrook 7-0773 her love of Gait on Dolanpe ably explains certain peculiar and her luieide give it its Ac- ities of his syntax. Communications to branch offices above should be addressed tloBsl basis. We are, however, MELVIK J. FVEDSfAN. in all cases in care of Mattachine Society, Inc. Book Review from Baltimore Sun. 22 méSiùuàùse RKVIBW "Mott Sint Aro Not Crimat" Dr. Fisher Comments on New Report Concerning Prostitution, Homosexuality w n i t i By DEWI MORGAN, writing in the Episcopalian Monthly, Tbe Living Churcb review EDITOR: Regretfully I must the Nazi regime,** etc. I realize this is tance for the preservation of human free discontinue the magazine. I assure you not a statement by editors of MATTA^ Probably the most discussed Report in chat 1 feel that I am giving up a very CHiNE REVIEW, but the article printed Britain lately is that issued by the Com dom, self-respect, and responsibility. It is dear and essential friend and compan reflects against the Archbishop and the mittee headed by Sir John Wolfenden to a bulwark against the mischiefs created by ion. To ail of you, congratulations and Church of England. I am a Lutheran, but examine and advise on the incidence unwise, tyrannical, or ungodly makers of best wishes for continued success and the report submitted by the Moral Welfare of prostitution andjiamosexuality. The law and crime. an ever-increasing enrollment* You have Council and the following information, if Archbishop of Canterbury has spdten "But even the wise and well-inten a loyal admirer.—Mr. E* C*» Mass. true, do not justify publishing any article about it in the current issue of the Canter tioned makers of law must shrink from against the Church of England or the bury Diocesan Notes and in doing so has invading with the weapons of criminal former Archbishop. 1 have a photostat made some important comments on moral law this region of private rights and REVIEW EDITOR: I am enclosing an an of the CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Dec theology in general. i^ngs, moralities and immoralities, since nouncement on the establishment of the ember 5, 1957: "Says Homosexuality Not "In a civilized society all crimes are it is so easy to interfere unwisely and to newly-organized SOCIETY FOR THE a Crime. London-(Reuters)—The Arch likely to be sins also, but most sins are rob men of their proper freedoms and SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF SEX. to which bishop of Canterbury, Dr. Geoffrey Fish not and ought not to be treated as crimes. burdens of conscience and choice. you may wish to refer in one of the is er, spoke in the house of lords in support Sin is an oSence against Cod. Its meas "The Report says wisely that, in the sues of the MATTACHINE REV'/HW.-AI- of a change in British law to make homo urements do not vary from age to age, as matters under discussion, the criminal law bert Ellis. PH.D.. New York. sexual acts between consenting adults man’s laws do. Whatever, from time to must coniine itself to preserving public in private no longer a criminal offense. time, the criminal law may say, homo order and decency, to protecting the citizen Thonks for the notice. Dr. Ellis. It op- The Archbishop said the right to decide sexual offences are sins; the life of a from what is offensive or injurious and to peors on page 7. Our organization, par- one's own moral code and obey it, even prostitute is a life of sin; the men (many provide safeguards against the exploita ticulorly our New York ehopters, w ill be CO a man*s own hurt, was a ^fundamental of them regarded by themselves and tion and corruption of others. In accord pleased to be informed of this new org- right of man given to him by God and to others as reasonably respectable citizens ance with that principle the Report rec onisotien's progress, and to cooperate be strictly respected by society and by and certainly not criminals) who add their ommends ways by which public order with It In any way we con.—Ed. the criminal code.**' (Thus) you will a- own sin to the sin of the prostitute are may be protected. gree that the letter quoted in our maga sinners. "But while this general principle is REVIEW EDITOR: Concerning the mag zine is definitely out of place there. “I wish that some who are at present certainly right, its practical application azine and related work of the Society, Certainly if the present Archbishop has speaking very severely (though not more the job you all are doing is excellent, had the courage to make the above state cannot be easy. If the law can do any ment to Parliament, we should not bring severely than they deserve) of homosexual thing withouj undue interference to done with intelligence, dignity and true offenders would be equally severe toward vision—and of this latter quality too few any disrespect to him by reference to a the men who create prostitutes for their strengthen the moral stamina of the peo are enough fortunate to possess it. I man formerly occupying his office.—R. ple, it ought to do it. If there are enough want to send in a list of prospective G. H., Pennsylvania own use. weak, misguided or evil-minded citizens "A crime is a different matter, a sin subscribers soon and will come in and to form, by their mere existence in the pay my membership.—P. D., California No dlsrospoct was intended. For o re against societyt and social order of such a life of a nation, a center of active poison ligious writer's comment on Dr* Fisher's kind that the iaw has to take note of it.” of a serious kind, then the law could REVIEW EtllTiJR: In the January issue, statements and hit stand on the Wolfen- The government committee suggested rightly invade their private lives to re on page 13/Diana M. Chapman writes in den Report, see poge 24 of this Issue.— that higher fiites and even jail sentences strain them. It is not easy to say whether a letter to the NEW STATESMAN (Lon Ed. be used to rid the streets of the country’s the community as a whole does need pro don), in her second paragraph: *Tn 1938 large cities of prostitutes. But it said tection from the private immoralities, the Archbishop of Canterbury forced a REVIEW EDITOR: I am enclosing a 16 homosexual behavior between consenting whether of homosexuals or heterosexuals. king off his throne in the name sex gift. It is NOT to be applied to sub persons over 21 should no longer be "If there were some clear way by ual moraliry, but said not a word against scribing membership. Such membership regarded as a crime. It urged that "con which, without fatal damage to the gen sensual acts done in private by adult eral principle of the Report, adultery, males" should not be punishable by law. DER NEUE RING (The New The Archbishop goes on to ask why fornication, and homosexual offences Ring)-Monthly review in German there is a realm which is "not the law’s could be effectively restrained by legal with supplement, APHRODITE, for women. Contents include liters business” and says: "Man's ultimate re penalties, it might well be right to take ary and scientific articles, photos. Subscription rate, 12 months, sponsibility is to God alone. . . . There it. If there be no such clear way (and it is a sacred realm of privacy for every man is indeed difficult to see one) then the DM29.60 ($7.00) sealed. For sample copy send 7 International Re and woman where he makes his choices principle must be upheld. For it protects ply Coupons. Advance subscriptions through International Money and decisions, a realm of his own essential the true dignities and responsibilities of rights and liberties . . . into which the men — and if it leaves moral dangers still Order to *'Verlag Gerhard Prescha,” Alsterchaussee 3, Hamburg taw, generally speaking, must not intrude. to be overcome, it is the part of good men 13, Germany; This is a principle of the utmost impor- to overcome them by the Spirit of God.” would have to be listed in security clear* REVIEW EDITOR: You continue to put lawyer S900 plus interest at present. En I mean this most sincerely. What can you ances which qould be detrifflentai» unfor* out excellent issues. 1 make it a prac closed are the names of some friends do to help fellows like us? We are human tunately. I am. certain many have the tice to read them and then give them to • wHo know of my plight, and who may sub beings just like everyone else, and just same feeling. I would welcome an addi someone else» buying the bound volume scribe to your magazine.-F. E. H., Mich because something goofed on us is no tional subscription fee of the above a* at the end of the year.—F* K., Puerto igan sign we should be classed as ’’undesir- mount that would entitle me to your news Rico able.*’—T. H. N., Missouri | letters and at the same time help with your expenses. I believe others would 5^ bslew.-Ed* review EDITOR: I am sending a clip Efforts are under way in Congress to let like the same privilege without the mem ping about the army and security risk veterans holding indeslrable discharges bership obligation.-V* D., California discharges. What do you think of it? It obtain a review of the discharge (see the seems to rjjethat our government is bend June 1957 issue of MATTACHINE RE- We undarstand your concern, although we REVIEW EDITOR: I want to thank you ing over backwards to help some indi- VIEW ). Of speeiol importance is o letter believe the fear expressed is needless. for your work in helping the homosexual. ivduais, but forgetting others. Please, to Representatives and Senators in your However, your wishes ore respected. And 1 would like to make a sizeable contribu please, can’t you help some of us? I was state. The climote surrounding this prob if you will specify it, we shall request tion in money, but you see I was in trou given an undesirable discharge from the lem seems to be getting more favorable, area newsletters to be mailed to you. — ble with the law myself and it has cost United States Air Force (reason: Homo but there Is sflM o long way to go before the situation is''clear for on easy review Ed. me about 13,000 to free myself. I owe a sexual). 1 served over eight years with the USAF (six of it overseas^ and was of undesirable discharges from the U. S. always proud of it and my country! If armed forces based on homosexual ten they would still let me, I would be only dencies discovered in the veteran con too happy and proud to serve again, and cerned.—Ed und mcittcichine sciliftes olumes I "DON'T MAKE HOMOSEXUALITY A CRIME!" ACTUAL MEDICAL CASES, published in New York and edited mattachine REVIEW by Lloyd Gaylord, may have the appearance of a pulp-type "self- READY FOR SHIPMENT ON JANUARY 25-the big. 1957 new bound volume of 12 1957 issues of Mattachine Re service to popular medicine,” but there’s an article in the Feb view, 4 issues of Interim, and complete index supple ruary 1958 issue which REVIEW readers will applaud. It’s called ment—556 pages in all! Handsome blue fabrikold cloth "Don’t Make Homosexuality a Crime,” and it echoes the program 1956 binding, gold stamped, matches previous volumes. of the Mattachine Society, One, Inc., and Daughters of Bilitis to a considerable extent. Author Harry Dodge calls our barbarian READY FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT-Twin matching 1955 bound volumes for 1955 and 1956 issues. Each as de attitude toward sex behavior, especially that of the homosexual, scribed above. Keep a permanent hie of the Review the "last of our snakepits.” from the beginning! "The time has come to take a bold and forthright step forward. Recognize that we must offer scientific aid rather than the pol A SINGLE iceman’s nightstick to these people,” the article concludes. L / VOLUMES l y FOR ":We do not believe that the homosexual should be revered as (Orders from Californio Residents Must Include he was in certain ancient cultures. But on the other hand we do 4% Soles Tax) not feel that he should be victimized by unpopular and unwieldy laws ahich^do not correct his malady or protect society from his REVIEW excessesr^L 693 Mission Street San Francisco 5, Calif. The is recommended reading. 26 mmtfaeé/me 27 OBSCENITY NEEDS TO BE DEFINED (Continued from page 2) LAW IS ENFORCED in the adjoining Province of Quebec. Included were most of the "men’s group’ of magazines, girlie photo books, practically all GERMAN POLICE SHIELD VICTIM OF EXTORTION of the "scandal’’ group, some detective magazines and others. ——a factual case report ' This list named six magazines which had been restored to cir culation. Included was PAGEANT which had been banned! JUSTICE WEEKLY also commented on the Supreme Court clear (Translattd by Fred Scherz from "DER WEG," German homophile magazine pub ance gained hy ONE. It said, in p>art: lished in Hamburg 36, Germany, hy R. Putziger, Colormaden 3.) h comai o* no surprise to "Justice Weekly" that in a unanimous decision the Supreme Court- of the United States ^as'reversed a Post Office ban — across the line — on the mailing of "One", the Homosexual Magazine. "One" has been in existence for six yakrt and has It was an utterly subdued and dejected person that befn "clipped freely" of interesting articles, stories, etc., faced the State Court at Hamburg on August 30, 1957. His appearing from time to time in "Justice Weekl^', with due recognition being given, of course. "One Incorporated" name was August Wilhelm Peters. He had just been senten Is a non-profit organization formed to publish a magazine ced to two years at hard labor, proven guilty as charged to dealing primarily with homosexuality from the scientific, the double crime of robbery and felonious blackmail. historic and critical point of view. It is an interesting In the case in question the defendant has had a long-time record publication, well written, well edited and well-presented. of conflicts with the law, landing him eleven times behind bars on While "Justice Weekly" does not agree with all its articles, nevertheless many of these have helped to foster a more various charges. This time he ran afoul by stealing a wallet from tolerant feeling toward homosexuality and homosexuals. a homosexual in Hamburg, containing a small amount of money and From time to time "One" has clipped articles from "Justice identification cards, etc. This enabled Peters to initiate a black Weekly" and has Included the source. Both publications, mail procedure against die homosexual he had robbed. However,^ it is felt, have helped each other and it is anticipated that for once, to use the American vernacular, "he got the wrong guy. this will continue. The same applies to "The Mattachine Our friend (the victim) was not the type of person to be easily Review". intimidated. He courageously took the matter to Police Headquar ters, where the immediate arrest of Peters was ordered. L00KIN6 AHEAD The resulting trial brought the man a severe sentence. But the MATTACHINE REVIEW for March (it will appear on news significant fact, it seems, was the fact that there have been no em stands about February 28th) will carry these three headline barrassing moments for our friend, the victim. This is proof that features: bodies of law enforcement officials in Germany are adopting an ob jective approach wheA faced with a clear-cut attempt at blackmail TOWARD SEXUAL HONESTY, TOLERANCE AND HUMAN COM This is a marked change from attitudes in the past. Paragraph 154 PASSION by Manfred Wise, in vdiich the sex-equals-love equa of die German Penal Code guarantees protection to victims of an tion is discussed; MUST THE INDIVIDUAL HOMOSEXUAL BE REJECTED IN OUR TIME, third paper in the series from the 4th actual or attempted blackmail. This is the basis for the police at titude shown above. annual convention symposium of the Mattachine Society, presented And this is as it should be if we are ever to arrive at an ethical by LeoJ.Zefl^ therapist, and TOE COLLECTED WORKS OF JEAN GENET, a review translated from DER KREIS, and which appeared justice, in the furtherance of which our movement has always been with a subhead in quotes & Italics, "For Very Perverted People." and will continie to be unceasingly active. mmtUeidm RBVIBW mattachine R E V IE W SUBSCRIPTIONS: $4 per year in the U.S., Canada and Mexico; single copies 50 cents. $5 per year elsewhere. All copies mailed first ON NEWS STANDS class sealed in plain envelope. 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