HHS replaces name on transgender admiral’s official portrait with deadname in act of ‘pettiness and bigotry’

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/hhs-rachel-levine-deadname

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has altered the official portrait of President Biden's assistant secretary for health, Adm. Rachel Levine, to remove her legal name and include her deadname. Here's more from @npr.

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#RachelLevine #TrumpAdministration #TransRights #LGBTQ #USGovernment #USNews

Dr. #RachelLevine focused on her #job at #HHS. Still, #antitrans #hate followed her

Levine is the highest ranking, #out #transgender #person ever to #serve in the #federalgovernment.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/01/06/nx-s1-5235449/dr-rachel-levine-hhs-public-health-service-anti-transgender-laws

#Admiral #RachelLevine is #optimistic about the #future of #trans #Americans. I’m not convinced.

#LGBTQNation #chats with Adm. Levine about the #attack on #trans #rights and the importance of #visibility in an #election #year.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Representation #Culture #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Hategroups #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/04/adm-rachel-levine-is-optimistic-about-the-future-of-trans-americans-im-not-convinced/

#MarjorieTaylorGreene continues to #deadname and #misgender Admiral #RachelLevine in #hateful #House #speech.

This recycled hitjob comes just one week after she made an #identical #proposal for #TransportationSecretary #PeteButtigieg, who is #openly #gay.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Georgia #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/11/16/marjorie-taylor-greene-rachel-levine/

#Admiral #RachelLevine and #AVP on approaching #antiLGBTQ #hate as ‘#publichealth #threat’

#WhiteHouse's #LGBTQISafetyPartnership is ‘ramping up’

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #DemocraticParty #Allies #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2023/10/31/rachel-levine-and-avp-on-approaching-anti-lgbtq-hate-as-public-health-threat/

#Republican #Hatemonger #LaurenBoebert #viciously #attacked #RachelLevine for something Boebert didn’t even understand — which is just about everything.

The #senior #Biden #administration #health #official visited an #LGBTQ+ #clinic, which enraged the #farright #extremist.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #RepublicanParty #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/08/lauren-boebert-viciously-attacked-rachel-levine-for-something-boebert-didnt-even-understand/