A Transgender Political First

by Michael A. Jones
Published September 08, 2009 @ 04:21AM PT

http://gayrights.change.org/blog/view/a_transgender_political_first

A transgender political glass ceiling is about to be busted wide open this week, with the official appointment of Babs Casbar Siperstein to as a member of the Democratic National Committee (DNC).  Gov. Tim Kaine, the chair of the DNC, appointed Siperstein to fill one of the 75 at-large seats available on the DNC, making her the first openly transgender person ever to serve on a major national political committee.

Siperstein currently serves as President of the New Jersey chapter of Stonewall Democrats, and as a Vice-Chair with the New Jersey Democratic Party.  Or, in other words, she's darn qualified to be nominated to this position.