Trans Woman Appointed Tech. Advisor to Dept. Of Commerce

[Linus]

I love Rachel. She did an awesome piece on this and lampooned the religious right (who are in a tizzy over this and the recent change to federal job hiring that bans gender identity discrimination):

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3V-gtZiTzw"]YouTube- Obama names first trans appointee[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqs56tXSjmg"]YouTube- Federal jobs site gender identity policy change[/ame]

[atomiczombie]

I saw Rachel last night as well, she was great as always. I think its fucking awesome that Amanda Simpson was appointed and we need more people like her in our government! I just wish that there were out trans folks in congress, senate, etc. Then maybe it would open people's eyes to the discrimination we go through and see us as regular folks just like them.

[Semantics]

Originally Posted by Linus

I love Rachel. She did an awesome piece on this and lampooned the religious right (who are in a tizzy over this and the recent change to federal job hiring that bans gender identity discrimination):

YouTube- Obama names first trans appointee

YouTube- Federal jobs site gender identity policy change

Thanks for sharing these. I love Rachel, too, and I'm thankful that we have such a clever and respected voice to answer the right. The reaction from that direction is ugly, as was expected.