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President Obama: Gender 'Stereotypes Limit Our Ability to Simply Be Ourselves'

President Obama: Gender 'Stereotypes Limit Our Ability to Simply Be Ourselves'

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In an uplifting commentary in Glamour, Obama wrote, "forcing people to adhere to outmoded, rigid notions of identity isn't good for anybody--men, women, gay, straight, transgender, or otherwise."

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