'Everybody Loves Raymond' Star and LGBT Ally, Doris Roberts, Dead at 90

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Everybody Loves Raymond Star and LGBT Ally, Doris Roberts, Dead at 90
The longtime LGBT supporter and five-time Emmy winner was also chair of the Children Affected by AIDS Foundation.
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          Apr 19, 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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Everybody Loves Raymond Star and LGBT Ally, Doris Roberts, Dead at 90

The longtime LGBT supporter and five-time Emmy winner was also chair of the Children Affected by AIDS Foundation.

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The actor is survived by his wife and six children.

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Opinion: "I have no problem with lip syncing, but you'd think the side that hates drag queens so much would have a little more shame about it," writes Ryan Adamczeski.

Jeremy Carl has promoted the "great replacement" theory and claims transgender children don't exist, the former senior officials told The Advocate.