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When I asked him if he had had sexual experi-
ence with any of the girls at that time he evaded the
question. A little pressing produced the truth. He
hadn’t. He was deadly afraid of girls. Actually, he
had never slept with a woman until a year after he
came to New York. ,

He knew a prostitute, someone he’d met on the
street, confessed his dilemma frankly. She agreed to
help him out. How successful the experiment was
and whether it was repeated, Bill refused to say.
Under the circumstances I had to conclude that Bill’s
only sexual experience was in his role of being what
he described the “passive’” partner in homosexual
relations performed for money.

Bill’s town was visited by an acting troupe. They
needed a couple of young extras. Bill got one of the
- jobs and became friendly with one of the actors, an
older man.

“He talked to me a lot and kept telhng me what a
bright future a good-looking young fellow would
have on Broadway.

“What a hick I was! I never suspected him of
being a fag—until he invited me to his hotel room
one night. He poured a couple of drinks. They hit
me fast. Before I knew it, he was pawing me like
he’d gone crazy, trying to get me to klss him. I was