116 organizations signed on to a letter urging the White House and Congress to provide funding to help eradicate the MPXV outbreak and to ensure equitable access to care and vaccines
In 2021, President Joe Biden officially proclaimed March 31 as Transgender Day of Visibility. A White House statement says the day "recognizes the generations of.
Kathy Cameron, founder of the Washington County Gay Straight Alliance Inc., has met Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine a couple times, as Cameron sits on the stateâs Commission on LGBTQ Affairs.
âSheâs a very, very professional and educated woman, and Iâm very proud that she would be recognized at a federal level,â Cameron said Tuesday. âThe visibility for a trans woman to be recognized at a federal level is gratifying but also empowering to that community.â
President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday nominated Levine to serve in his administration as assistant secretary for health. If confirmed by the Senate, Levine will be the highest-ranking openly transgender official in the federal government.