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out-front en · ADJ
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Forthright, explicit, open.
Lesbians in NOW were tired of being told "You can do all the work but you can't say who you are," which is, of course, a humiliating posture. The out-front lesbians in the organization forced the organization to confront the issue.
1978 August 19, Tim Cwiek, Karen DeCrow, “Interview: Former NOW President DeCrow Talks About Gay Issues”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 5, page 7:
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