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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Katie Hawkinson

Trump admin deadnames trailblazing transgender admiral on official portrait: Report

President Donald Trump’s administration changed the name of a trailblazing transgender health leader on her official portrait, according to a new report.

Adm. Rachel Levine made history in 2021 when she was sworn in as the assistant secretary for health at the Department of Health and Human Services under former President Joe Biden. When Levine took on the role, she was the nation’s highest-ranking, openly transgender federal official.

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