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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…

4 min readDec 10, 2022

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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…

3 min readOct 7, 2022

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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/

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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.

5 min readJun 27, 2022

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

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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…

6 min readFeb 5, 2022

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

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Dawn Ennis

Choose the march MLK would join

This shouldn’t be hard.

6 min readJan 18, 2021

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Choose the march MLK would join

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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…

10 min readDec 3, 2018

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

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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…

2 min readOct 12, 2018

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Cancer is stalking me

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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…

6 min readJun 20, 2018

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

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Dawn Ennis

The Trigger Is Real

How the Deaths of Anthony Bourdain and Kate Spade Impact Us

8 min readJun 9, 2018

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The Trigger Is Real

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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…

14 min readMar 14, 2018

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I Quit the Church Before It Quit Me

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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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