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Dr. Rachel Levine focused on her job at HHS. Still, anti-trans politics followed her
Dr. Rachel Levine is the highest ranking, out transgender person ever to serve in the federal government. Her tenure at HHS ran concurrent with an explosion in state legislation targeting transgender people.
In 2021, the country had one state with a ban on gender-affirming care for youth on the books Arkansas. In March of the same year, Dr. Rachel Levine won confirmation by the Senate to lead the U.S. Pu… [+6149 chars]
