3. Fixation at the "immature homosexual phase" of emotional development.

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Psychological conditioning.

(All homosexuals be-

long to this group acording to "Orthodox" psy= chological theory.)

Cultural and environmental conditioning. Prisons and prison camps are one illustration of this "homosexuality for want".

The speaker indicated that these causes were not mutually exclusive, but could operate separately or in groups to help make a person the certain type of homosexual he might be. He stated that in his opinion homosexuality was a symptom, not a disease; that it was not un-natural, as it was a product of nature; that in some way he felt it might even be a defense of Nature a means of guarding against over-population; that no one knows what is "normal", only what is "customary". He finished his address with the opinion that whatever the causes, the "why?" of the matter, homosexuals must be made free from the fear of blackmail, entrapment and the "deadly poison of ostracism".

Leo J. Zeff, clinical psychologist and practicing therapist, stated that the Mattachine Review, ONE Magazine, and THE LADDER were invaluable to professional people with therapeutic experience with homosexuality in that they give insight into the problems of homosexuals. In other publications all one could find was the description of, and opinions about, homosexuality from the point of view of outsiders. In actuality, the essence of homosexuality is indescribable, he said.

Mr. Zeff came closest to pinning down the paradox of the parel topic when he said that if he had to answer the que sti on, "Must the Individual Homosexual Be Rejected in Our Time?" he would have to say "No!" but that if ho re-phrased the question, "Can the Individual HomosexuB. 1 Be Accepted in Our Time?" he would have to give an equally emphatio "No!" Implicit somewhere between the two extreme s was the thought that the question was meaningless to Mr. Zeff or at best, wrongly directed. Не

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