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Aug 18, 2015

White House Hires Its First Openly Transgender Official

(Facebook) The White House welcomed Raffi Freedman-Gurspan, the first openly transgender official, to the staff today. Freedman-Gurspan, a former policy adviser for the National Center for Transgender Equality’s racial and economic justice initiative, will serve in the White House as the outreach and recruitment director for presidential personnel in the Office of Personnel. During her time with the NCTE, Freedman-Gurspan worked hard on improving the lives and experiences of transgender people of color and…

 
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