White House silent on Obama transgender 'appointee'
Test pilot had 6 surgeries at cost of $70,000 to switch from male to female
Posted: January 05, 2010
8:31 pm Eastern

By Chelsea Schilling and Kathleen Farah
© 2010 WorldNetDaily

http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=121040

According to various media reports, President Obama has hired a transgender woman as a senior adviser at the Commerce Department – but the White House is refusing to confirm the appointment.

Mitchell Simpson, now known as "Amanda" following a sex change, is said to have been appointed senior technical adviser at the Commerce Department. He purportedly began work today.

I can't believe they used a male pronoun, *disgusted*