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Fans Get Fanned by Drag Queens at Sweltering Absolutely Fabulous Premiere
The stars were wilting outside the New York theater where the long-awaited Britcom premiered.
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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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"I will not be silenced," the journalist said to reporters outside the federal courthouse in Los Angeles.

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Kevin Couch, who had been senior vice president of artistic programming at the Kennedy Center, has stepped down without comment.

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“These are the same opponents of marriage equality that lost the first round,” Lambda Legal attorney Karen Loewy told The Advocate.

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