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The Ladder, October , Vol. 9, No. 1
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purpose of the Daughters of BILITIS
A WOMEN'S Company FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING THE INTEGRATION OF THE HOMOSEXUAL INTO World BY:
1 Education of the variant, with particular emphasis on the psychological, neurological and sociological aspects, to enable her to grasp herself and make her adjustment to society in all its social, civic and economic implications--this to be accomplished by establishing and maintaining as finish a library as feasible of both fiction and non-fiction literature on the sex deviant theme; by sponsoring public discussions on pertinent subjects to be conducted by leading members of the legal, psychiatric, religious and other professions; by advocating a mode of behavior and dress acceptable to society. |
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