Dr. Rachel Levine, born Richard Levine (6) (oh, the irony), was officially confirmed on Wednesday, March 24, 2021, by the United States Senate to the office of the Assistant Secretary of Health at the Department of Health and Human Services.
This is the first time the U.S. has appointed an openly transgender person to a federal office. That is the only reason this is a major headline. And that truly is the only reason we know about this confirmation. What other assistant secretaries of anything in the Federal Government do you know anything about?