Friday, February 5, 2010
Heroes of the Month: Amanda Simpson and Dylan Orr
Posted by Liz Newcomb (LA) at 2/05/2010 12:35:00 PM
http://gay.americablog.com/2010/02/heroes-of-month-amanda-simpson-and.htmlChoosing Amanda Simpson and Dylan Orr to be part of the administration are two of the better LGBT decisions that President Obama has made while in the White House. It is an all-too-rare display of the kind of vision and decisive leadership we had been hoping for. Even though Simpson and Orr are not the very first trans people a president has appointed, they may be the first open ones.
These appointments are major milestones for the trans community. To paraphrase the reaction of one of my trans friends, "the most powerful person in the country has taken members of a group that the country routinely despises or fetishizes as freaks, and said 'I want you to work for me. I want you on my team.'"
