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- From: rhiann@carson.u.washington.edu (Sandy --not Sandra)
- Subject: Out at work, continued
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.015659.11862@u.washington.edu>
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- Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 01:56:59 GMT
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- Day 1 at Microsoft--scene--Human Resources
-
- "...available to *legally married* spouses of employees..." I read
- aloud, somewhat unhappily, from one of the many benefits sheets.
-
- Young, clueless looking woman surprises me with
- "yeah, isn't that too bad? I'm not even gay (I have *no* idea if
- she thought/knew *I* was), and I think we should have one of those
- whadd'ya call'ems yeah, Domestic Partnership thingies. In fact, I
- think I heard something about it on the news last night, that
- the county [King County--surrounds Seattle; Seattle itself already
- has a DP ordinance] may pass alaw for Domestic Partnerships!"
-
- So, yeah, so far, I'm liking it here!
-
- [And thanks for the MS addresses]
- --
- * Sandy * "I'll believe Avon treated men and women equally the day I see
- him kiss a man, tell him he's beautiful when he's angry, kill
- him and then gloat over it." Sue Clerc <sclerc@andy.bgsu.edu>
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