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- From: alan@osf.org (Alan Hamilton)
- Subject: Re: gay phone company
- In-Reply-To: cujtd@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu's message of 26 Jan 1993 10:27:33 -0600
- Message-ID: <ALAN.93Jan27125319@pluto.osf.org>
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- Organization: Open Software Foundation
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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 17:53:24 GMT
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- cujtd@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu (Jeff Devore) writes:
- > At last night's meeting, one of the members mentioned something
- > about a long distance phone company that is "pro-gay." I believe he
- > mentioned something about that company donating a percentage of their
- > profits to gay groups.
-
- Everyone who wrote about Working Assets is correct that they donate
- money to progressive causes, which may include LBG groups.
-
- However, there is a newer service. Yesterday I received a mailing
- from GLAAD/NY (Gay and Lesbian Advocates And Defenders of New York)
- which included a flyer for this new phone service. I just called and
- found that you can direct your money to any group you want (unlike
- Working Assets, where they allocate money based on the votes of all
- contributors as a whole.)
-
- If you set up your service with CommunitySpirit, remember that the
- East Coast Bisexual Network supports bisexual and lesbigay groups
- around the world. ;-)
-
- -Alan
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