‘This Is Politics’: Dr. Rachel Levine’s Rise as Transgender Issues Gain Prominence.

  • 📰 Women 2.0
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 47 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 22%
  • Publisher: 63%

United States Headlines News

United States Latest News,United States Headlines

President Biden’s assistant secretary for health is the highest-ranking openly transgender person ever to serve in the federal government.

, a research group at the law school of the University of California, Los Angeles. That is slightly more than one half of 1 percent of the population.

During her confirmation hearing, she offered to meet with the senator one-on-one for a more thorough discussion; he has not taken her up on it, she said. Her critics accuse her of dissembling. “I’m a positive and optimistic and hopeful person,” she said, describing how she felt after she left Mr. Severino’s office. “But you know, I was also skeptical that in the end it would make a difference because, again, I think it’s political.”

“Mine was slower than most, and that was important to me personally and professionally,” she concluded.While at Penn State, where she developed a division for adolescent medicine and eating disorders, she became active in the L.G.B.T.Q. advocacy movement, which drew the attention of Tom Wolf, a Democrat who was elected governor of Pennsylvania in 2014. The new governor named her physician general, the state’s top doctor when the health secretary is not a physician.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 149. in US

United States Latest News, United States Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.