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First Transgender Appointee - And She’s Jewish Too!

by TheWanderingJew [➚] · Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

We’ve reported on transgender Jewish news before. I don’t think it’s a surprise to any of you Jewschool readers that we’re all in favour of queer and transgender equality around here. And today’s news is just another step in the right direction.

Amanda Simpson, who, in addition to being a highly skilled rocket scientist (seriously) with over
30 years of experience in the aerospace and defence industry, is both transgender and Jewish, was just appointed by POTUS Obama to the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security as a senior technical advisor.

Yasher koach to her. I hope others in the transgender community continue to have their work and accomplishments recognised, instead of only being seen (too often in a negative light) for their gender.

There are plenty of stories about this in the blogosphere. I recommend reading HuffPo’s piece. (Or try any of these.)