Steps Taken to Correct Gender Identity Discrimination
By Jaime Grant
14 January, 2010
http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/politics/2010/1/14/steps_taken_to_correct_gender_identity.htm (http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/politics/2010/1/14/steps_taken_to_correct_gender_identity.htm)
The new year has ushered in two measures of fairness for transgender people.
First, Amanda Simpson became one of the nation's first transgender presidential appointees. With three decades of experience in the aerospace and defense industry, Simpson signed on as a senior technical adviser to the U.S. Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security.