ADVOCATE.COMLGBTQQIAAfter 15 years of copy editing The Advocate, you learn — and unlearn — a lot.BY Trudy Ring | August 22 2012 4:00 AM ET
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Obviously, as journalists, we on The Advocate's editorial staff are word people. Also, the movement we chronicle is well aware of the power of words. As an Advocate copy editor (read: enforcer of language rules) for the past 15 years, I've seen the language we use to describe ourselves and our movement evolve, and a look at our archives reveals even more changes.