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Deb Woodell grew up reading the Daily News and fulfilled a lifelong dream when she began working on the sports copydesk in 1989. She has written about lesbian and gay issues here since January 1996, addressing such subjects as religion, politics, same-sex marriage, literature, education and popular culture. A journalism graduate of Glassboro State College (now Rowan University), she received a Distinguished Alumni award in 1998. She is an adjunct professor of copy editing at her alma mater, where, in furthering her longtime interest in planning issues, she also is a student in the geography department's certification program in Cartography/Geographic Information Systems.
 
Email Debbie at woodeld@phillynews.com
01/17/2008
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names show how far we've yet to go. WHAT'S the difference between Alycia Lane and Mike Huckabee?
12/10/2007
SOMEWHERE in my ancestry is a Revolutionary War hero. Samuel Chew was a Navy officer killed in battle while fighting the British. Other ancestors served on both sides of the Civil War, as well as during more recent times. I learned all this while researching why I'd received a high school graduation award from the Jewish War Veterans.
 
Debbie Woodell | The 'gay-gene' controversy 11/05/2007
IS THERE a gay gene? Chicago-area researchers want to find out. Your federal tax dollars are at work, funding scientific research on 1,000 pairs of gay brothers and other family members to look for genetic clues to the origins of homosexuality.
 
Debbie Woodell | No Jersey hitches in gay hitching 01/23/2007
DESPITE REPORTS to the contrary, there is no looming crisis for same-sex couples who plan to tie the knot in New Jersey starting next month.
 
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