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Obama appoints transgender political activist as advisor

Jan 02, 2010 16:34

President Obama has appointed Amanda Simpson to the position of Senior Technical Advisor to the Department of Commerce. Ms. Simpson is likely to be the first transgender appointee of the Obama administration. In a press release, Ms. Simpson is quoted as saying,:

''I'm truly honored to have received this appointment and am eager and excited about ( Read more... )

lgbtq / gender & sexual minorities

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w00t w00t jaeoji January 2 2010, 21:48:16 UTC

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Re: w00t w00t thechangingwind January 4 2010, 01:07:04 UTC

What is this from?

orbitaldiamonds January 2 2010, 21:50:35 UTC

Right on, Amanda.

Well done, Barry.

imagines January 2 2010, 21:50:51 UTC

OH HELL YES.

nrchst January 2 2010, 21:55:13 UTC

Y'know, I was really happy about this, and then I realized that this sort of thing even having to be mentioned to make a point of "Wow, well aren't you progressive!" depressed me.

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nrchst January 2 2010, 23:39:53 UTC

That's a much nicer way of thinking about it. Thanks. :)

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jwaneeta January 2 2010, 22:10:34 UTC

I have a feeling they'll hit a whole new level of fail, don't you?

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ididthatonce January 3 2010, 07:18:07 UTC

BUT SHE HAS A PENIS LOLOLOL

/sarcasm

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