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Dawn Ennis

Dawn Ennis

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Dec 10, 2022

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…

Dawn Ennis

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Oct 7, 2022

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…

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/

Dawn Ennis

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Jun 27, 2022

‘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.

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

Dawn Ennis

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Feb 5, 2022

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…

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

Dawn Ennis

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Oct 12, 2018

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…

Cancer is stalking me

Dawn Ennis

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Jun 20, 2018

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…

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

Dawn Ennis

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Jun 9, 2018

The Trigger Is Real

How the Deaths of Anthony Bourdain and Kate Spade Impact Us

The Trigger Is Real

Dawn Ennis

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Mar 14, 2018

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…

I Quit the Church Before It Quit Me

Dawn Ennis

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Oct 26, 2017

“Prove to Me You’re Really A Girl”

The “Me, Too” Tale of A Transgender Child Model

“Prove to Me You’re Really A Girl”

Dawn Ennis

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Oct 12, 2017

UPDATED AGAIN: The Surgeon Who Told Me to Switch My Sexual Orientation

“Even if I do my best, you’ll never be able to please a man,” Doctor Dipshit told me. As if pleasing a man was my ultimate goal.

UPDATED AGAIN: The Surgeon Who Told Me to Switch My Sexual Orientation

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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