something new

منه

in SAN FRANCISCO

A small magazine called THE LADDER is being circulated and read by the Staff of ONE. The first issue did not indicate any particular month on the cover but was appropriately designated "1st Rung." The magazine is published by and for the Daughters of Bilitis, a San Francisco organization. This organization, dedicated solely to the problems and understanding of the Lesbian, is the first of its kind. THE LADDER is the first magazine widely distributed, devoted to the female homosexual. VICE VERSA, a magazine now defunct (individually typed and individually distributed) can be considered THE LADDER's only predecessor in the entire world.

ONE Magazine welcomes this sister in the field. May it have more rungs than we can climb in our day. To each and every reader we recommend support of THE LADDER. Both male and female homosexuals and heterosexuals who are building a library on the theme will not want to be without this new publication.

The first issue, October 1956, clearly states the purposes of the Daughters of Bilitis. We print herewith a skeletal portion of those aims and purposes:

1. Education of the variant.... including the sponsoring of public discussions, etc.

2. Education of the public .... with public discussion meetings; also the dissemination of educational literature on the homosexual theme.

3. Participation in research projects, etc.

4. Investigation of the penal code as it pertains to the homosexual, proposal of changes to provide an equitable handling of cases involving this minority group, and promotion of these changes through due process of law in the state legislatures.

It is apparent in the reading of the first two issues of THE LADDER that their aims and purposes come evidently from adjusted Lesbians and by that alone the project cannot have a better recommendation.

In order to learn more of the Daughters of Bilitis and THE LADDER, write:

D. GRIFFIN, President Daughters of Bilitis

Post Office Box 2183 San Francisco 26, Calif.

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