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“Not all men,” yes, but it’s too many women.

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I’m fighting my own battles so that the next generation of women can spend a little less time fighting and a little more time feeling free. 

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Loving and trusting men has always come easy to me, but loving women? It scares the shit out of me.

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I find myself asking this question every time I fall in love.

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Just as our flag gleamed in the sunlight after surviving the Battle of Fort McHenry 200 years ago, there gleamed along the collar of Barbara Lee a simple, elegant string of pearls previously owned by the first Black woman to serve in congress.

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Being a woman in today’s workplace can be tricky territory to navigate, especially in a sexist, misogynistic, and male-dominated climate.

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We can not be united until every American, regardless of their skin color, their gender, their sexuality, their religion feels safe.

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Before responding with “That’s not my experience,” try putting yourself in the other person’s shoes.

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Going through a gender transition taught me so much, and I am a better person for it.

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Because I am eager to make my own money, build a life, and support myself, I am “trying to prove something”. If I were a man, I would simply be surviving.