Just What We Need: Fun with Neil Patrick Harris's and David Burtka's Twins (Video)

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Just What We Need: Fun with Neil Patrick Harris's and David Burtka's Twins
These two Instagram posts by NPH's husband will make you smile, and isn't that what you need right about now?
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          Jan 27, 2017
          
        
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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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Just What We Need: Fun with Neil Patrick Harris's and David Burtka's Twins

These two Instagram posts by NPH's husband will make you smile, and isn't that what you need right about now?

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"You know my wife’s name and you know Alex’s name, but there are many others in this city being harmed that you don’t know," Becca Good pointed out.

With Black Americans disproportionately affected by HIV, it's a day to encourage testing, prevention, and treatment but also to talk about systemic barriers.

Strayhorn wrote many of Ellington's big hits and lived as an out gay man in mid-century America.

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