Meet Amanda Simpson, Likely The First Presidential Transgendered Appointee

Amanda Simpson, the new Senior Technical Advisor to the Department of Commerce, may be the first presidential transgendered appointee.  ABC’s Jake Tapper has some background, via Mediaite.

At Raytheon, Simpson — a former test pilot who had worked for the company for more than a generation — transitioned from male to female and was instrumental in convincing the military contractor to add gender identity and expression to its equal employment opportunity policy.

She later ran unsuccessfully for Congress and was a delegate for then-Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, to the Democratic National Convention in 2008.

In accepting her new position, Simpson says:

“I’m truly honored to have received this appointment and am eager and excited about this opportunity that is before me. And at the same time, as one of the first transgender presidential appointees to the federal government, I hope that I will soon be one of hundreds, and that this appointment opens future opportunities for many others.”

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.