tracted through close intimate contact, which in our society is sexual. No reference to the sex of the partners is necessary, except we recognize certain types of exposure are more intimate than others with subsequent increased risk of the transmission of the infection. The editor by ignoring the importance of contact investigation, which, in most cases, is best handled by public health authorities, offers nothing constructive for the control of venereal disease.

Dear sirs:

Dr. X.

San Francisco, Calif.

I few weeks ago I requested a back issue of ONE Magazine and intentionally omitted the fact that I am seventeen. Covers such as that by Ortloff (July, 1962) tend to intensify the stereotype of the "gay boy" and stereotypes tend to cloud understanding. Un-amateurish drawings or photographic portraits of young men would be good, but steer away from the teen-ager haircuts and turtleneck sweaters.

The story and poetry material deals in sex more than in love. This only strengthens the commonly-held notion that homosexuals cannot experience real love. Placing the emphasis on love would not only aid homosexuals in finding the understanding so necessary for love, but would also emphasize the fact that love is a common tie between the homosexual and the heterosexual relationship. You might ask "What is the conflict, if any, between promiscuity and lasting love?" The idea would be to provoke individual thought and to share ideas. It would be under-rating normal intelligence to say that the average person cannot think on such a plane; he is just very seldom asked or even expected to do so.

The editorial emphasis should be on the similarities between the homosexual and the heterosexual. There are a great number of similarities; there is but one difference. I believe there is a definite change of attitude coming with the young generation of which I am a part. Such a change starts with the intellectual leaders and filters down. I have talked with many young heterosexual intellectuals and the present attitude toward homosexuality is one of slightly nervous curiosity, but not of disgust as was the case. Mr. K.

Dear ONE:

Los Angeles, California

How hard up for material can you get that you would print such pointless and tasteless trash as "Danny and the Old Man" (September, 1962)? If the author needs catharsis to rid himself of memories of this sordid

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episode of his youth, must he use your pages and try your readers' patience?

To the Editor:

Noel I. Garde

New York, N. Y.

I had hoped to be able to respond in ONE to recent evaluations of my book The Homosexual Revolution. Since space is not available, I will take that pleasure elsewhere.

Meanwhile, I propose that your readers consider the words of one Donald Webster Cory (as quoted in another publication): "To say that no one can be well informed about homosexuality in the U.S. from this time on, without reading this book (The Homosexual Revolution), is to say the obvious."

Probably it is just as well that there is no space in ONE for my response. I might have said the obvious.

Editor's Note:

R. E. L. Masters New York, N. Y.

In ONE Magazine (August, 1962) Donald Webster Cory writes, concerning R. E. L. Masters' The Homosexual Revolution, "It's approach is shabby: the author shows patent ignorance, incompetence, and serves a few morsels of truth, heaps of useless speculation, distortions, hearsay, and half-baked ideas based on inadequate knowledge that cannot begin to approach what may honestly be called research."

THE HANDICAPPED HOMOSEXUAL Dear Mr. Slater:

The handicapped homosexual has a special problem. He has to live with two conflicts: one, being physically handicapped, and the other, the sexual nature of a homosexual. He is constantly fighting with himself to save himself from falling apart at both ends. We can't follow our sexual desires. Our handicap. prevents us from doing so.

I have often wondered how many men there are like myself and what I could do to help. I have come to the decision that what we need is our own organization, for there is no one to help us with our special kind of problem. I want to start an organization just for the gay wheelchair set. As it grows so will our understanding of ourselves and of others like us. This way we will be able to help each other face our problems.

Dear ONE:

Mr. Y.

Thornwood, New York

It is not natural for a male to have a deeprooted passionate love for another male. I have never been to a gay bar because I cannot bear to see another homosexual ridiculed

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