President Obama recently named Amanda Simpson to be a Senior Technical Advisor to the Commerce Department.
In a statement, Simpson, a member of the National Center for Transgender Equality’s board of directors, said that “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.”
While Simpson is clearly one of the first transgender presidential appointees, Democratic officials say they’re unsure if she is the very first one.
The White House had no comment on her appointment.
I don’t think any of us particularly care if a person feels that it requires major surgery for them to “be themselves”, but why do we have to know this? Once the plumbing is re-wired then previous condition becomes irrelevant for all practical purposes – so what is the reason to make an announcement?
Well, because it allows Obama, on the cheap, to pay off a constituency which gave him lots of votes and lots of cash (remember, it isn’t just “gay” anymore: its Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgendered, so this appointment covers a lot of political chits). By not putting it out as an official, White House press release, Obama avoids major news coverage of the issue and thus no bad effect on those other groups likely to be less than enthused about this (ie, blue collar and black Democrats), but by getting a group to put it out, the payment is made known to the group required. And the group will buy it – hook, line and sinker because it is always easy to get liberal groups to back you. Just throw them a crumb, and they’re yours for life. That you’re also robbing them blind and betraying everything you said matters not in the least.
Just politics, folks – but hardly anything the government should be concerning itself with. And thus its natural that Obama’s government made the effort. As an aside, this person was tagged as a “woman on the move” by the YWCA in 2004 – presumptively, all required surgeries were complete by that date. And as YWCA stands for Young Women’s Christian Association, I think we can see just how far they’ve strayed from their original purpose.
UPDATE: by Matt Margolis: It’s a he, not a she. Actually, it is a mentally disturbed he.
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