Vote now for LGBTQ Nation’s 2022 Political Hero
LGBTQ Nation’s 2022 Political Hero are Assistant Secretary for Health Admiral Rachel Levine, who became the first out transgender four-star admiral and spoke out for trans health care access; Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, who scored a major win for LGBTQ protections in her state and stood up to Don’t Say Gay; California state Rep.
Scott Wiener, who helped martial several pieces of pro-LGBTQ legislation through the legislature; Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, who went full gay dad and stood up for the rights of the kids of LGBTQ people to speak about their families in schools; and Urbandale, Iowa School Board member Daniel Gutmann, who stood up to a candidate backed by the anti-LGBTQ organization Moms for Liberty and won.These five LGBTQ people were elected or appointed to serve, and did so with distinction.
Vote now for LGBTQ Nation’s 2022 Political Hero.Assistant Secretary for Health Admiral Rachel LevineAssistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine became a four-star admiral last year, a title fitting for the head of the U.S.
Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and the first transgender person to attain that rank.For Levine, another part of her job is addressing health disparities in the U.S., with LGBTQ youth a top priority.In an op-ed in July, Levine cautioned that leaders exploiting a vulnerable population for political gain could produce devastating results, fighting back against the tide of legislation across the country attacking transgender health care access.“As the assistant secretary for health, I urge everyone — especially those who see trans people like the youth I’ve met as easy political targets — to base medical decisions and public pronouncements on real data and human.
