Gay admiral

I stand before you in this uniform ready to be a beacon in these dark days of Covid working to serve you and this great nation. She becomes the first openly transgender four-star officer in the eight uniformed services, and she will help lead a team of 6, people whose duties include providing health services to underserved communities as well as preventing and controlling disease. Each person has a different perspective and different strengths that they bring to make the whole community stronger.

The opportunity to serve as the head of the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps as a four-star officer is an extraordinary honor and a profound responsibility. In March she was confirmed for the position in the Senate, making her the first trans federal official to win Senate confirmation. Just as they stepped up to defend our rights to freedom and liberty, I now follow in their storied tradition of service, as I step up to defend the health of our nation, especially now as we face the biggest public health crisis our country and the world has faced in modern times.

I am truly honored to join the ranks of men and women across this great nation who have committed to defend the United States against small and large threats known and unknown. Dr. Rachel Levine was sworn in as a four-star admiral for the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (USPHSCC) on Tuesday, making her the first trans four-star officer in the eight uniformed services.

On 19 October , Levine was commissioned as a four-star admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, becoming the first openly transgender four-star officer in any of the United States uniformed services as well as the first female four-star admiral in the Commissioned Corps. On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced that the year-old will be sworn in as an admiral of the U.S.

Public Health Service Commissioned Corps — becoming its. This is a momentous occasion, and I am honored to take this role for the impact that I can make, and for the historic nature of what it symbolizes. Dr. Rachel Levine was sworn in as a four-star admiral for the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (USPHSCC) on Tuesday, making her the first trans four-star officer in the eight uniformed services.

I will follow the science to build a healthier future where we work to create an environment in which no one is left behind. The time is now for our country to continue to move the bar forward for diversity. Dr. Rachel Levine, Assistant Secretary for Health and Human Services and the highest ranking trans official in the Biden Administration, was sworn in October 19 as a four-star admiral in the U.S.

Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. Within hours of returning to power Monday, United States issued a stunningly broad executive order that seeks to dismantle crucial protections for . I would also like to thank my family and friends for their unwavering support as we take this momentous step together. "Admiral Levine's historic appointment as the first openly transgender four-star officer is a giant step forward toward equality as a nation," HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra said in a statement.

Surgeon General, serving as a witness. And I am proud to wear this uniform and answer that call. Dr Rachel Levine, 63, is now an admiral of the US Public Health Service. Dr Levine, appointed by Joe Biden, is already the highest-ranking openly transgender. Rachel Leland Levine (/ ləˈviːn / lə-VEEN; born October 28, ) [1] is an American pediatrician who served as the United States assistant secretary for health, the admiral in charge of the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, from until [2] Levine is a professor of pediatrics and psychiatry at the Penn State College of Medicine, and previously served as the.

The health of our nation is paramount. Dr. Rachel Levine, Assistant Secretary for Health and Human Services and the highest ranking trans official in the Biden Administration, was sworn in October 19 as a four-star admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. May this appointment today be the first of many more to come, as we create a diverse and more inclusive future. Diversity makes us stronger. It details widespread bullying and .

On February 15, Muhsin Hendricks, an openly gay imam, Islamic scholar and LGBT rights activist was shot and killed in Gqeberha, South Africa as he was leaving to . Hungary deepened its repression of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people on March 18 as the parliament passed a draconian law that will outlaw Pride . And I promise to uphold that trust to the fullest extent of my abilities.

I am honored to serve as the first female four-star officer of the U. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, and the first openly transgender four-star officer to serve across any of the eight uniformed services. Levine join the 6, officers of the U. They are dedicated to providing healthcare to underserved and vulnerable populations across our country. This report documents the range of abuses against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) students in secondary school.

She becomes the first openly transgender four-star officer in the eight uniformed services, and she will help lead a team of 6, people whose duties include. The US assistant secretary for health has been sworn in as the first transgender four-star officer in the country's history. Rachel Levine, Assistant Secretary for Health and Human Services and the highest ranking trans official in the Biden Administration, was sworn in October 19 as a four-star admiral in the U.

Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. She’s also the first woman in the organization to attain the four-star ranking and one of. Dr Rachel Levine, 63, is now an admiral of the US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. I am proud to serve at HHS as history is being made, and to support a more diverse future. Municipal officials in the town of Łańcut, Poland, have abolished the country’s last remaining “LGBT Ideology Free” zone, righting more than five years of political assault on .