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This is my Huffington Post piece on the powerful CNN documentary, "Her Name Was Steven."

Just recently my partner and I watched CNN's gripping documentary, "Her Name Was Steven," the story of former Largo, FL city manager Steven Stanton's gender reassignment from male to female and its collateral damage to his marriage and job. For those of you who missed it, the film's power lay in its ability to delve into Stanton's private world, most notably the struggle between her private and public selves and the painful transition from Steven to Susan. It was a tour de force that will -- hopefully --further open the door to the inequities and discrimination faced by transgender people in this country.

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