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The Transgender Debate at Pitt

By Bruce Ledewitz

Pitt did the right thing in allowing that debate to go forward, but could not bring itself to admit that it could have acted otherwise. The first amendment is an invitation, not a smokescreen: my column at the Pennsylvania Capital-Star.

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