Pete Buttigieg, the gay former mayor of South Bend, Ind., as his nominee for secretary of Transportation; if Buttigieg receives Senate confirmation, he will be the first member of the LGBTQ+ community to hold that distinction for a Cabinet position.
And Dr. Rachel Levine, a transgender woman, is Biden’s nominee for assistant secretary of Health and Human Services, and if confirmed she will be the highest-ranking trans person in the federal government.Equality activists are feeling encouraged. “A new day has begun in our nation.