Obama appoints first openly transgender person to post

[WillParkinson]

Obama appoints first openly transgender person to post

Amanda Simpson starts work this week as the first presidentially appointed transgender person to the executive branch of any administration.

The Obama administration in November appointed Simpson, a member of the National Center for Transgender Equality board of directors, to a post at the Department of Commerce.

Simpson, 49 and a native of Chicago, will serve as Senior Technical Advisor in the Bureau of Industry and Security. The Bureau’s mission is to protect national security through the management of international trade, the enforcement of treaties, and the promotion of economic, cyber, and homeland security.

“I’m truly honored to have received this appointment and am eager and excited about this opportunity that is before me,” said Simpson, in a prepared statement released by Transgender Equality on Dec. 31. “And at the same time, as one of the first transgender presidential appointees to the federal government,” she said, “I hope that I will soon be one of hundreds, and that this appointment opens future opportunities for many others.”

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[ZombieHorde]

1. Nice to have a little good news. nt

[azurnoir]

2. Wel that's nice but

will health care reform cover the medical needs of transgender people?

[tonekat]

4. I'm not counting on it to cover any of my expenses

As it was, I'm relieved that they dropped that stupid tax they wanted to foist on recipients of what they think is "cosmetic" surgery. I wrote both my senators the moment they announced that stupid idea, saying "Look, I'm taking money out of my IRA for my surgery, I will get penalized twice already on that, and you want to penalize me a third time?. Isn't my life difficult enough already?"

[Fearless]

3. Ohh one... yay?

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