Digital Queeries.NOW on the Net The National Organization for Women Web site is a must-see for activists of all stripes, but it might be of special interest to lesbians this month. NOW, which hosts the Lesbian Rights Summit April 23-25 in Washington, D.C., features a summit preview and registration form online along with other information covering topics ranging from affirmative action affirmative action, in the United States, programs to overcome the effects of past societal discrimination by allocating jobs and resources to members of specific groups, such as minorities and women. to women-friendly workplaces. http://www.now.org Straight pride? We know all about gay pride, of course, but straight pride seems a little, um, queer, doesn't it? A San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden company is now marketing "STR STR abbr. synchronous transmitter receiver 8" T-shirts, hats, and bumper stickers bumper sticker n. A sticker bearing a printed message for display on a vehicle's bumper. bumper sticker n → Aufkleber m to heterosexuals (and to gay people who want to masquerade as straight). "I don't understand all the controversy," says spokesman James Allen James Allen is the name of:
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