British Army's Highest-Ranking Transgender Soldier Nominated for Award (Video)

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British Army's Highest-Ranking Transgender Soldier Nominated for Award
Capt. Hannah Winterbourne is being considered for a Millie, an award bestowed each year by U.K. paper The Sun.
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          Dec 20, 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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British Army's Highest-Ranking Transgender Soldier Nominated for Award

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British Army's Highest-Ranking Transgender Soldier Nominated for Award

Capt. Hannah Winterbourne is being considered for a Millie, an award bestowed each year by U.K. paper The Sun.

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