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Title: Meet the First Trans White House LGBT Liaison
Post by: traci_k on March 15, 2016, 06:59:09 AM
Post by: traci_k on March 15, 2016, 06:59:09 AM
Meet the First Trans White House LGBT Liaison
http://www.advocate.com/transgender/2016/3/14/latina-just-became-first-transgender-white-house-lgbt-liaison
The Advocate.com
By Cleis Abeni
March 14 2016 6:49 PM EDT
For 21 years, the White House's LGBT liaison has been been either a straight woman — the first was a Bill Clinton-appointee named Marsha Scott — or a cisgender (nontrans) gay or lesbian official. But Raffi Freedman-Gurspan just changed all that.
Freedman-Gurspan is a trans Latina public policy expert who was first appointed to a staff position in the White House last year. Now she becomes the first out transgender person to serve as the White House's LGBT liaison, reports BuzzFeed. Her official title is outreach and recruitment director for presidential personnel and associate director for public engagement.
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Meet someone you should know.
http://www.advocate.com/transgender/2016/3/14/latina-just-became-first-transgender-white-house-lgbt-liaison
The Advocate.com
By Cleis Abeni
March 14 2016 6:49 PM EDT
For 21 years, the White House's LGBT liaison has been been either a straight woman — the first was a Bill Clinton-appointee named Marsha Scott — or a cisgender (nontrans) gay or lesbian official. But Raffi Freedman-Gurspan just changed all that.
Freedman-Gurspan is a trans Latina public policy expert who was first appointed to a staff position in the White House last year. Now she becomes the first out transgender person to serve as the White House's LGBT liaison, reports BuzzFeed. Her official title is outreach and recruitment director for presidential personnel and associate director for public engagement.
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Meet someone you should know.