The US White House Hires First Openly Transgender Official Tuesday Aug 18,2015

 

The US White House said Tuesday Aug 18,2015 it had hired its first openly transgender official, a move which supporters said underscored the administration's drive against inequality.

Officials said former activist Raffi Freedman-Gurspan began work on Tuesday Aug 18,2015 in a team that recruits personnel to serve the president.

Freedman-Gurspan will act as outreach and recruitment director in the White House personnel office.
She previously worked on improving conditions for transgender prisoners, policing, the detention of transgender immigrants and violence against transgender women.

''A transgender person was inevitably going to work in the White House," said Mara Keisling of Freedman-Gurspan's former employer the National Center for Transgender Equality.
"That the first transgender appointee is a transgender woman of color is itself significant."

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It has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in 1800

The Obama administration has supported efforts to advance the rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans, amid conservative opposition.

After years of sitting on the fence, Obama himself has voiced support for gay marriage and praised a Supreme Court ruling those unions legal.