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Subject: Business Article in June 16 ADVOCATE magazine
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From the June 16, 1992 ADVOCATE, issue #605, page 58

Change often comes through the efforts of individual employees. In 1990 
Bryan Blumberg, a 31-year-old computer scientist at the MacNeal-Schwendler Corp.
in Los Angeles, suggested that his firm amend its nondiscrimination policy to
include HIV status and sexual orientation. Blumberg says that the head of the
administration was ``afraid of bringing such an idea to top management. The
chief financial officer and the president of the company are both very 
conservative, and I think he was afraid of presenting it because of nervousness
or insecurity or whatever.'' After a year, Blumberg accused the head of
administration of working in bad faith, and, he says, ``When I put it that way,
he finally did something and wrote a short presentation to upper management---
and they signed it.'' (Officials at MacNeal-Schwendler declined to comment to
The ADVOCATE.)

They also have a list of the top10 companies where glb people are employed.

American Psychological Association, Washington, DC 400 U.S. Employees
AT&T, New York City, NY 260 000 U.S. employees
Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc, Waterbury, VT 365 U.S. employees
Digital Equipment Corp, Maynard, MA, 117 000 employees worldwide
Levi Strauss San Francisco, CA, 23 000 U.S. employees
Lotus Development Corps, Cambridge, MA 3100 U.S. employees
Montefiore Mediacl Center, Bronx, NY, 9 500 U.S. Employees
U.S. West Communications, Denver, CO, 65 000 U.S. Employees
The Village Voice, NYC, NY, 200 U.S. Employees
Xerox Corp, Stamford, CT, 56 000 U.S. employees.

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"When Jesse Helms filibusters an [AIDS] research bill, I want to scream 'You
idiot! It's going to take us out as a species!'" -- Robin Williams.