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Dawn Ennis

Dawn Ennis

Recalling May in December

It was 30 years ago today we lost my paternal grandmother, my dad’s mom, Mary Ellen Harvey Ennis. Most folks called her “May,” but I called…

Dec 10, 2022

Dec 10, 2022

Dawn Ennis

Sunday Driver

When I turned 16, the age of my youngest child, my parents abandoned all attempts to teach me how to drive on the real streets of Long…

Oct 7, 2022

This is a picture of a four-door, baby blue 1970 Dodge Dart sedan like the one owned by my Uncle Joe. The photo is from Kars4Kids: https://kars4kidsgarage.com/1972-dodge-dart-blue/

Oct 7, 2022

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‘LGBTQ people are part of the solution’: How three nonprofit newsroom leaders are making an impact…

Newsroom leaders share how they serve and work closely with queer communities.

Jun 27, 2022

‘LGBTQ people are part of the solution’: How three nonprofit newsroom leaders are making an impact…

Jun 27, 2022

Dawn Ennis

Lies, Damn Lies and Lia Thomas

If you’ve read anything about out transgender college swimmer Lia Thomas published by Swimming World, The Federalist, The New York Post…

Feb 5, 2022

Lia Thomas swims in an Ivy League meet for the Penn Quakers.

Feb 5, 2022

Dawn Ennis

Choose the march MLK would join

This shouldn’t be hard.

Jan 18, 2021

Choose the march MLK would join

Jan 18, 2021

Dawn Ennis

My New Vagina Isn’t What Makes Me Happy. Being ME Does That

I was raised on this colloquial wisdom of my dad, an Irish cop and first-generation American: “You can always tell an Irishman, but you…

Dec 3, 2018

My New Vagina Isn’t What Makes Me Happy. Being ME Does That

Dec 3, 2018

Dawn Ennis

Cancer is stalking me

It’s taken me all week to process this, and share this news. A few days ago, on my mother’s birthday, I got the results of a genetic test…

Oct 12, 2018

Cancer is stalking me

Oct 12, 2018

Dawn Ennis

We warned The Atlantic about Jesse Singal, but they ignored us

UPDATE: Human Rights Campaign tonight issued a statement regarding the publication of transphobia by The Atlantic, at my request. I’ve also…

Jun 20, 2018

We warned The Atlantic about Jesse Singal, but they ignored us

Jun 20, 2018

Dawn Ennis

The Trigger Is Real

How the Deaths of Anthony Bourdain and Kate Spade Impact Us

Jun 9, 2018

The Trigger Is Real

Jun 9, 2018

Dawn Ennis

I Quit the Church Before It Quit Me

Just about 54 years ago, I was born in Astoria, Queens, on the Roman Catholic Feast of the Annunciation. Not long after, I was baptized…

Mar 14, 2018

I Quit the Church Before It Quit Me

Mar 14, 2018

Dawn Ennis

Dawn Ennis

Host “RiseUP With Dawn Ennis,” Blogger at http://lifeafterdawn.com, award-winning broadcast & online journalist, widow and single mom whose kids call me “Dad.”

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