Obama Appoints First Transgender White House Staff Member!

President Obama is causing quite a stir in the news, following the announcement that the White House has appointed the first openly transgender White House staff member.

Her name is Raffi Freedman-Gurspan, a former policy adviser at the National Center for Transgender Equality. According to reports, she will serve as an outreach and recruitment director in the White House Office of Presidential Personnel.

Speaking on the development, Executive Director of the National Center for Transgender Equality, Mara Keisling, expressed joy about the news, CNN reports.

Keisling said: “President Obama has long said he wants his administration to look like the American people. I have understood this to include transgender Americans…That the first transgender appointee is a transgender woman of color is itself significant. And that the first White House transgender appointee is of a friend is inspiring to me and to countless others who have been touched by Raffi’s advocacy.”

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