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Stars and Stripes - Senate unanimously confirms two LGBTQ women to top military positions

Senate unanimously confirms two LGBTQ women to top military positions by Democratic congressional candidate Gina Ortiz Jones talks with the media outside of her campaign headquarters, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in San Antonio. (Eric Gay/AP) NEW YORK (Tribune News Service) The U.S. Senate has unanimously confirmed two LGBTQ women to top military positions. “President Biden nominated two historic #LGBTQ+ nominees for key roles” at the Department of Defense,” White House Senior Adviser on LGBTQ+ Engagement Reggie Greer wrote on Twitter. On Thursday, Gina Ortiz Jones was confirmed to be the next undersecretary of the Air Force the first out lesbian to serve in the position. Her vote came exactly one month after the Senate Armed Services Committee advanced her nomination.

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Bay Area Reporter :: Senate confirms lesbian, trans nominees to high-profile defense roles

The U.S. Senate confirmed on July 20 two LGBTQ Biden nominees for high-profile positions at the Defense Department by unanimous consent. Gina Ortiz Jones, a lesbian and former Air Force pilot and Texas congressional candidate, was confirmed as under secretary of the Air Force. Shawn Skelly, a trans woman who is a 20-year U.S. Navy veteran and a defense appointee in the Obama administration, was confirmed as assistant secretary of defense for readiness. For the second time in U.S. history, the Senate has confirmed an openly transgender person as a presidential appointee and did so without controversy by unanimous consent.

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Senate Confirms Historic LGBTQ+ Nominees to Defense Department

Senate Confirms Historic LGBTQ+ Nominees to Defense Department The U.S. Senate Thursday confirmed two groundbreaking LGBTQ+ appointees to the Department of Defense by unanimous consent. Gina Ortiz Jones was confirmed as undersecretary of the Air Force, becoming the first out lesbian to be an undersecretary of any branch of the military. Shawn Skelly was confirmed as assistant secretary of defense for readiness, making her the highest-ranking out transgender person in Defense Department history and only the second trans person ever confirmed by the Senate (Dr. Rachel Levine, assistant secretary at the Department of Health and Human Services, was the first).

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Senate confirms lesbian and trans war vets for top defence jobs

Senate confirms lesbian and trans war vets for top defence jobs
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Two out women confirmed to defense department posts

Two out women confirmed to defense department posts
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