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Senate confirms Shawn Skelly and Gina Ortiz Jones to top military posts in historic firsts
Skelly is the first trans person to serve as assistant defense secretary, while Jones is the first out lesbian to serve as undersecretary of a military branch.
The U.S. Senate has confirmed two LGBTQ women to top military positions in historic firsts.
The Senate confirmed both women with unanimous consent on Thursday. Shawn Skelly will serve as assistant secretary of defense for readiness, becoming the first transgender person to hold the post and the highest-ranking out trans defense official in U.S. history. She is the second out transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate, following the confirmation of Rachel Levine earlier this year to be assistant secretary to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Senate unanimously confirms two LGBTQ women to top military positions
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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.