15 AUGUST 1987, Page 20

Real perversion

Sir: The ignorance and silliness of Roy Kerridge's article, 'Predatory Homosex- uals' (8 August), would be laughable were it not so ugly. Would he judge heterosex- ual life by what goes on in Soho? Of course not. Yet he applies the same sort of criterion to homosexual life. There are innumerable homosexuals who lead lives neither of reckless promiscuity nor of the kind of arid sublimation that he so loftily recommends, but of happy partnership with other homosexuals. If he -has not met such people, he should set about doing so. I doubt if any of them will attempt to convert or (as he would see it) pervert him.

LETTERS

Far more dangerous to society than any sexual perversion is the perversion of truth.

Francis King 19 Gordon Place, London W8