Ted Cruz Blasts ESPN for Curt Schilling's Firing, Supports North Carolina's HB2 (Video)

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Ted Cruz Blasts ESPN for Curt Schilling's Firing, Supports HB2
The Republican candidate for president is now the only one running for the White House to endorse North Carolina's transphobic law. 
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          Apr 21, 2016
          
        
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The Advocate's news editor Dawn Ennis successfully transitioned from broadcast journalism to online media following another transition that made headlines; in 2013, she became the first trans staffer in any major TV network newsroom. As the first out transgender editor at The Advocate, the native New Yorker continues her 30-year media career, in which she has earned more than a dozen awards, including two Emmys. With the blessing of her three children, Dawn retains the most important job title she's ever held: Dad.
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Ted Cruz Blasts ESPN for Curt Schilling's Firing, Supports HB2

The Republican candidate for president is now the only one running for the White House to endorse North Carolina's transphobic law.

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The state legislature’s LGBTQ+ caucus called the move “weaponizing transphobia as an electoral tactic.”

Federal investigators are examining whether Illinois schools taught lessons involving gender identity and sexual orientation.

The lesbian rocker recalls in a podcast interview how "crazy" it was that a reporter gender-swapped a mention of her girlfriend to 'boyfriend' before she came out.

Meta’s Oversight Board said the company wrongly removed a post celebrating relationships among women.

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The New York congresswoman said she believes “there are chances” the United States has already had a gay president, and The Advocate’s archives suggest she’s right.

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Lindsey offers unquenching sycophancy for an audience of one, that sounds more like pillow talk than policy, writes John Casey

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