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WATCH: The Advocate's Editor, Stephanie Miller React to Stonewall Mention

President Obama's speech and its many firsts for inclusiveness had activists rejoicing.

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When a longtime friend’s transphobia turned personal, writer Vic Brooks was forced to confront the monster across the table and the one staring back from the mirror.

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