Glen or Glenda

Glen or Glenda1953

Genre: Drama
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Alton:
I've always heard you to be a hard-hearted policeman, Inspector.

Warren:
Isn't that what's thought of most policemen? The laws are written, the policeman is hired to see that those laws are enforced. We have a job to do, as in most jobs there is always someone who doesn't want that job to be done. In most factories today, the employer has put up suggestion boxes. Even the employer needs advice once in a while. I think in the case we're referring to, I need advice. Maybe it shouldn't have happened as it did. Perhaps the next time we can prevent it.

Alton:
Let's get our stories straight. You're referring to the suicide of the transvestite?

Warren:
If that's the word you men of medical science use for a man who wears women's clothing, yes.

Alton:
Yes, in cold, technical language, that's the word. As unfriendly and as vicious as it may sound. However in actuality it's not an unfriendly word, not is it vicious when you know the people to whom it pertains.

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