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Deb Price won over straight readers with beloved column

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There’s no question that transphobia and homophobia persist, even five years after marriage equality. Yet, today, many people don’t bat an eye when celebs say they’re LGBTQ. “Who cares now when somebody’s gay,” a member of my family asked recently.

She’s far from being a rainbow flag-waving LGBTQ rights activist. Yet, she wasn’t shocked or judgey when actor Elliot Page came out as trans. “He’s the same person – still a great actor,” she said.

This was far from the prevailing attitude when the first column with a queer perspective by trailblazing lesbian journalist Deb Price debuted in The Detroit News in 1992.

When her column premiered, it was the era of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and the Defense of Marriage Act. Ellen was still in the

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