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2021–present. Rank. Admiral. Rachel Leland Levine ( / ləˈviːn /; born October 28, 1957) [1] is an American pediatrician who has served as the United States assistant secretary for health since March 26, 2021. [2] She is also an admiral in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps .
Alejandro Mayorkas. Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas (born November 24, 1959) is an American lawyer and politician who is the 7th and current United States Secretary of Homeland Security, serving since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, Mayorkas previously served as director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services from 2009 to ...
President Joe Biden, a Democrat, in a 2022 executive order instructed federal agencies like HHS to ensure access to gender-affirming care and prevent discrimination against transgender people.
Raffi Freedman-Gurspan (born May 3, 1987) is a Honduran American transgender rights activist and the first openly transgender person to work as a White House staffer. She was also the first openly transgender legislative staffer to work in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
A federal judge in Georgia said Friday that a discrimination lawsuit filed by a transgender sheriff’s deputy over health care coverage can move forward. U.S. District Judge Marc Treadwell denied ...
Benefits of care. Gender-affirming healthcare improves the mental health and overall well-being of gender-diverse people. “It is important to realize that gender-affirming care is lifesaving ...
Pluto Brand, Chair Indiana Green Party – first transgender and intersex person to be elected in the State of Indiana [34] Venn Sage Wylde, Precinct Committee member, non-binary person, Multnomah County, Oregon [35] [36] Émilia Decaudin, first openly transgender member of the New York State Democratic Committee.
A new law in Utah will ban transgender youth from receiving gender-affirming care. Legal experts expect the law to be challenged in court, and ultimately, struck down. Utah’s ban is the latest ...