Diego Sanchez Named As Senior Advisor To Barney Frank
http://www.bilerico.com/2008/12/diego_sanchez_named_as_senior_advisor_to.php (http://www.bilerico.com/2008/12/diego_sanchez_named_as_senior_advisor_to.php)
Rebecca Juro
December 17, 2008 4:30 PM
Today Transadvocate.com is reporting that FTM transgender activist and business leader Diego Sanchez has been named to replace Joe Racalto as Congressman Barney Frank's senior policy advisor.
As you would expect, this news is receiving mixed reaction from many in the transgender community. A quote in Marti Abernathey's TA piece from transgender activist leader and blogger Vanessa Edwards Foster no doubt reflects the reaction of many LGBT's and especially the trans community:
"It's great to have a transgender employee in staff in Congress, and extremely rare. But I worry that this will be Barney Frank strategizing that he can bring a trans person in and use them as a shield to deflect future trans criticism for what legislation he's likely to push forth."
more here:
http://www.pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=69D4FB6C5E70889D5D7EF73E1FE1A097?diaryId=8662 (http://www.pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=69D4FB6C5E70889D5D7EF73E1FE1A097?diaryId=8662)
and here
http://transgroupblog.blogspot.com/2008/12/diego-sanchez-named-as-senior-advisor.html (http://transgroupblog.blogspot.com/2008/12/diego-sanchez-named-as-senior-advisor.html)