Posted on 03/15/2016 2:51:30 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
President Barack Obama has appointed Raffi Freedman-Gurspan as the White House's primary LGBT liaison, making her the first transgender person in the role, White House officials told BuzzFeed News on Monday.
LGBT leaders applauded the announcement.
"Raffi is a great choice," said Mara Keisling, executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality. "President Obama has said he wants his administration to look like America, and they have moved to include trans Americans. Raffi's skills and personality make her the exact right person for this important job."
Freedman-Gurspan became the first transgender staffer appointed to the White House in 2015, working as the outreach and recruitment director in the presidential personnel office.
In her new role -- as the Outreach & Recruitment Director for Presidential Personnel and Associate Director for Public Engagement -- Freedman-Gurspan becomes the White House's lead point of contact for LGBT groups on all issues.
Marsha Scott, a straight woman, was the first White House gay and lesbian liaison, named to the role by President Clinton in 1995. Later, cisgender gays and lesbians held the role in the Clinton and Obama administrations. The position was held most recently by Aditi Hardikar, who left the post in January to join Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.
Before joining the White House, Raffi was a policy adviser at the National Center for Transgender Equality and a legislative director in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
The Obama administration has been a steady advocate for transgender rights, including the use of existing civil rights laws to protect the rights of transgender workers and students from discrimination.
"We believe it is a tremendous decision by the White House to recognize Raffi's leadership as well as the importance of having transgender leadership in an important role for the community," said JoDee Winterhof, the senior vice president of policy and political affairs for the Human Rights Campaign.
26 Just as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of Man. 27 They were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. 28 Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot—they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building, 29 but on the day when Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained from heaven and destroyed them all— 30 so will it be on the day when the Son of Man is revealed. 31 On that day, let the one who is on the housetop, with his goods in the house, not come down to take them away, and likewise let the one who is in the field not turn back. 32 Remember Lot's wife. 33 Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will keep it. 34 I tell you, in that night there will be two in one bed. One will be taken and the other left. 35 There will be two women grinding together. One will be taken and the other left.” Luke 17: 26-36
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The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Genesis 6:5
These days are evil.
Some people today wonder if Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed with nuclear weapons or something similar, as there is still a high level of radioactivity in those areas.
Just a theory.
Acceptance ? Never.
So which bathroom in the WH does he use.
Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.
Isaiah 5:20
“In her new role — as the Outreach & Recruitment Director for Presidential Personnel and Associate Director for Public Engagement — Freedman-Gurspan becomes the White House’s lead point of contact for LGBT groups on all issues.”
Just please tell me this is a cabinet level position! It’s so important these days! (And it’s not like we can’t afford it!)
/s
Look at that picture. This country has become a sick joke.
She is now earning 77% of her former salary.
But her health plan covers annual Pap smears.
Absolutely disgusting. How can you be free and reject morality.
Scientists are trying to find natural causes of all the disasters in the Bible to prove God isn’t real.
Good luck to them...
Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.
Isaiah 5:20
This is a very good verse for what is happening regarding Donald Trump. He has called the evil Planned Parenthood good, and his supporters gloss right over it. God help us all.
There’s a reason why “the whole truth” is added to an oath...so people like yourself don’t tell half-truths.
What legitimate function could this person possibly perform for the US people?
More government waste of our tax dollars. If there isn’t a straight person liaison, that’s discrimination.
Trump will need to Fumigate the W.H. after he is elected!
Ruff, ruff.
To be an example of (a form of) mental instability?
There’s no ‘issue(s)’ *I* would need a ‘liaison’
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