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Here, in alphabetical order, is the list of the firms in Ed Mickens' ''The
100 Best Companies for Gay Men and Lesbians'':

American Friends Service Committee, Philadelphia, Pa.

American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.

American Telephone and Telegraph Co. (AT&T), Basking Ridge, N.J.

Andersen Consulting, Arthur Andersen and Co., Chicago

Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, Calif.

Arizona Public Service, Phoenix, Ariz.

The ASK Group, Santa Clara, Calif.

Bank of America, San Francisco, Calif.

Ben and Jerry's Homemade Inc., Waterbury, Vt.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Boston, Mass.

The Body Shop Inc., Wake Forest, N.C.

Borland International Inc., Scotts Valley, Calif.

The Boston Globe, Boston, Mass.

Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., Washington, D.C.

Celestial Seasonings Inc., Boulder, Colo.

Children's Hospital of Boston, Boston, Mass.

Children's Television Workshop, New York, N.Y.

CMP Publications Inc., Manhasset, N.Y.

Colgate Palmolive Co., New York, N.Y.

Columbia University, New York, N.Y.

Commonwealth Edison Co., Chicago

CoreStates Bank N.A., Philadelphia, Pa.

CUNA Mutual Insurance Group, Madison, Wis.

Dayton Hudson Corp., Minneapolis, Minn.

Digital Equipment Corp. (DEC), Maynard, Mass.

The Walt Disney Co., Burbank, Calif.

Dow Chemical Corp., Midland, Mo.

E.I. DuPont de Nemours, Wilmington, Del.

Eastern Mountain Sports, Petersborough, N.H.

Episcopal Diocese of Newark, Newark, N.J.

Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), Washington, D.C.

Frame Technology Corp., San Jose, Calif.

Gannett Co., Arlington, Va.

Gardener's Supply Co., Burlington, Vt.

Genentech Inc., South San Francisco, Calif.

General Motors Corp., Detroit, Mich.

Greenpeace, Washington, D.C.

Harley Davidson Inc., Milwaukee, Wis.

Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.

Herman Miller, Zeeland, Mo.

Hewlett-Packard Co., Palo Alto, Calif.

HBO-Time-Warner Inc., New York, N.Y.

IDS Financial Services Inc., Minneapolis, Minn.

International Business Machines Corp. (IBM), Armonk, N.Y.

Kaiser-Permanente, Oakland, Calif.

Kiwi Airlines, Newark, N.J.

Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N.Y.

Labor unions (in general)
 Levi Strauss and Co., San Francisco, Calif.

Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.

Lotus Development Corp., Cambridge, Mass.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Mass.

MCA, Inc., Universal City, Calif.

Methodist Hospital of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Ind.

Microsoft Corp., Redmond, Wash.

Milbank, Tweed, Hadley and McCloy, New York, N.Y.

Minnesota Communications Group, St. Paul, Minn.

Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co. (3M Group), St. Paul, Minn.

Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, N.Y.

Morrison and Foerster, San Francisco, Calif.

Municipal governments (in general)
 Nabisco Foods Group/RJR Nabisco, East Hanover, N.J.

National Organization for Women (NOW), Washington, D.C.

National Public Radio, Washington, D.C.

New York University, New York, N.Y.

NeXT Computer Inc., Redwood City, Calif.

Oracle Corp., Redwood Shores, Calif.

Orrick, Herrington and Sutcliffe, San Francisco, Calif.

Pacific Gas and Electric Co., San Francisco, Calif.

Pitney Bowes, Stamford, Conn.

Planned Parenthood, New York, N.Y.

Portland Cable Access, Portland, Ore.

Principal Financial Group Inc., Des Moines, Iowa.

Procter and Gamble, Cincinnati

Public Broadcasting System (PBS), Washington, D.C.

Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI), Kent, Wash.

Schiff, Hardin and Walte, Chicago

Scholastic Inc., New York, N.Y.

Charles Schwab and Co., Inc., San Francisco, Calif.

Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Inc., New York, N.Y.

Seattle City Light Co., Seattle, Wash.

Seattle Times, Seattle, Wash.

Showtime Networks Inc., New York, N.Y.

Silicon Graphics, Mountain View, Calif.

Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif.

Starbucks Coffee Co., Seattle, Wash.

Sun Microsystems Inc., Mountain View, Calif.

United States Government (Civil Service)

University of Chicago, Chicago

University of Minnesota, St.Paul, Minn.

U.S. West, Englewood, Colo.

Viacom International Inc., New York, N.Y.

The Village Voice, New York, N.Y.

Wells Fargo and Co., San Francisco, Calif.

WGBH, Boston, Mass.

Working Assets Funding Service, San Francisco, Calif.

WQED, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Xerox Corp., Stamford, Conn.

YWCA of Greater Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wis.

Ziff-Davis Publishing Co., New York, N.Y.