Here in Michigan I decided to start using my middle name. I’ve never been fond of my first name. I was named after my father and my relationship with him was complicated. Getting people in Oklahoma to use my middle name instead of my first has been more difficult.Our government is now run by jr high level thinkers........
HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered.www.stlpr.org
HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait
As you walk down a particular hallway on the seventh floor of the Humphrey Building in Washington, D.C., you'll find a line of photographic portraits of all the people from years past who have led the Public Health Corps at the federal Department of Health and Human Services.
Only one of those portraits is of a transgender person: Adm. Rachel Levine, who served for four years as President Biden's assistant secretary for health. She was the first transgender person to win Senate confirmation, and her portrait has been displayed in the hallway since soon after she was confirmed in 2021. The role is a four-star admiral position in charge of the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service.
Levine's official portrait was recently altered, a spokesperson for HHS confirmed to NPR. A digital photograph of the portrait in the hallway obtained by NPR shows that Levine's previous name is now typed below the portrait, under the glass of the frame.
Admiral Levine has the right to be known by whatever name she chooses. To change the name on her picture to a name she no longer wishes to use is childish.
