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There are many reasons for the disparity in the
reactions to the two questions which, no matter how
you look at them, are loaded.

But the simplest explanation lies in the fact that the
homosexual, knowing more about the life he is lead-
ing than any other, prefers the known to the
unknown.

Again, aware of all the trials and trlbulatlons of
homosexuality, he would not wish them on his worst
enemy—much less his mythical son.

Some pitfalls are behind him. Others lie ahead. Of
those in the future he has an awareness from seeing
what growing old has done to other homosexuals.
He knows he can become a lonely old man like
many or lead a busy, useful and reasonably happy
life like some others. |

He does not want to wake up one morning and
face the shock of having to discover how to adjust
to an entirely new environment, a different set of
values and unaccustomed sex habits.

This is the horrendous tragedy of the latent homo-
sexual. The use of the word “horrendous” 'is delib-
- erate, for nothing in the homosexual world can deal
as stunning a blow as a man’s realization, later in
life, that he is not normal.

It happens more often than is generally realized. If