Is Colorado's Governor Hillary Clinton's Pick for VP? (Video)

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Is Colorado's Governor Hillary Clinton's Pick for VP? 
If John Hickenlooper is selected, he's a strong LGBT advocate who has championed the rights of our community for years, campaigning on the sentiment that 'This is simply about being fair and decent."
 Dawn Ennis
          
          May 27, 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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Is Colorado's Governor Hillary Clinton's Pick for VP?

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Is Colorado's Governor Hillary Clinton's Pick for VP?

If John Hickenlooper is selected, he's a strong LGBT advocate who has championed the rights of our community for years, campaigning on the sentiment that 'This is simply about being fair and decent."

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“If Donald Trump could be president. Why couldn’t I be president? I might do it," the gay journalist said during an interview with Sherri Shepherd.

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The controversial comic claims he never meant to be 'malicious or even harmful.'

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