Diego Sanchez Named Senior Legislative Adviser To Barney Frank
Posted on Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
http://www.transadvocate.com/diego-sanchez.htm (http://www.transadvocate.com/diego-sanchez.htm)
Sources on the Hill confirmed to The Transadvocate that Barney Frank's office will announce the hiring of Diego Sanchez today. Sanchez will replace outgoing senior policy adviser, Joe Racalto. Sanchez is currently the Director of Public Relations & External Affairs for AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts. He made history this past August as the first transgender person appointed by the DNC to the Platform Committee and is also a member of the Human Rights Campaign's (HRC) Boston Steering Committee and the HRC Business Council.
The appointment doesn't come without some built in controversy. Sanchez crossed union picket lines (on July 28th, 2008) to speak at the HRC's San Francisco Gala Dinner.