Obama Names Transgender Appointee to Commerce Department – Part 1
ABC News: President Obama recently named Amanda Simpson to be a Senior Technical Advisor to the Commerce Department. In a statement, Simpson, a member of the National Center for Transgender Equalitys board of directors, said that as one of the first transgender presidential appointees to the federal government, I hope that I will soon be one of hundreds, and that this appointment opens future opportunities for many others.
In this three-part series that aired in May 2008, Political Perspectives host Cynthia Dickstein talks with transgender guests Amanda Simpson and C. Michael Woodward about the issues that they must confront as a result of their decisions to change their genders.
Duration : 0:10:10
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Anddihier, You …
Anddihier, You really need to evolve. Do you have a clue how many brave transgendered people are right now over in Afghanistan and Iraq so that you can be safe? Wake up, you are the one thats unreal or completely naive. Ever hear of J. Edgar Hoover?? Get your head out of your behind
Its about time for …
Its about time for our equal eights. She is highly qualified.
It’s Bush’s fault!
It’s Bush’s fault!
Shame on you Obama …
Shame on you Obama for such a stupid act—just goes to show the ignorance in high places…to lower to such a lifestyle shows pure stupidity..they know that filth is of the worst kind of acts man could ever commit..makes me sick to think of it…poor America, no wonder we’re failing….unreal
Why is this news? …
Why is this news? Who cares?
I heard this …
I heard this chckwdick speak one sentence when he/she was appointed, and knew he/she is just another example of the idiots in Wash.
Yes, and isn’t ‘it’ …
Yes, and isn’t ‘it’ a class act! ‘It’ said that ‘it sucks to be the first one’. Yeah, we’re movin’ on up…