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Online Free Speech - Client Bios

Document Date: October 20, 2006

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American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression was organized as a not-for-profit organization by the American Booksellers Association in 1990 to inform and educate booksellers, other members of the book industry and the public about the dangers of censorship and to promote and protect the free expression of ideas.

Bill Boushka is a member of the Electronic Freedom Foundation, an outspoken critic of the U.S. military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy and author of Do Ask, Do Tell: A Gay Conservative Lashes Back.

Condomania is the nation’s first condom store and is a leading online seller of condoms and distributor of safer-sex related materials. More >>

Heather Corinna is a writer, artist, sex-educator and activist whose primary commercial presence on the Web consists of three Web sites that she owns and operates; Scarlet Letters, Scarleteen and Femmerotic. More >>

Lawrence Ferlinghetti is a member of the ACLU, a poet, a free speech activist and the co-founder of City Lights Bookstore. More >>

Free Speech Media, is a not-for-profit organization, that operates freespeech.org, a Web site that promotes independent audio and video content on the Web.

Nerve.com is an online magazine devoted to sexual literature, art and politics.

Aaron Peckham owns and maintains Urban Dictionary.com, an online dictionary of contemporary slang with more than 400,000 definitions for slang words and phrases. More >>

Philadelphia Gay News publishes both online and in print and is the “largest and oldest gay newspaper in Philadelphia.”

Powell’s Bookstores is a company that operates seven bookstores in Portland, Oregon, and maintains a Web site through which users can purchase new, used and out-of-print books.

Salon.com is an online magazine featuring articles on current events, the arts, politics, the media and relationships. More >>

Mitchell Tepper runs the Sexual Health Network, which owns and operates sexualhealth.com, a Web site that is dedicated to providing easy access to sexuality information, education support and other sexuality resources. More >>

Patricia Nell Warren is a member of the ACLU, an investigative journalist, a columnist and an author of gay and lesbian books, including The Front Runner. More >>

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