Diego Sanchez Makes a Difference on Capitol Hill
By Sam Ali - Apr 20, 2010
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Diego Sanchez is used to being labeled "the first transgender," and he doesn't mind. He's happy to pave the way.
"If no one is first, then there can't be a second," jokes Sanchez, 52, who—yes—is the first transgender person hired for a senior congressional position on Capitol Hill and is busy tackling healthcare reform and employment-discrimination issues as an aide to Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass.