2015 Jul.11(4):332-337. Taking Action: Don't Like Politics as Usual? Please try again. Babylon Bee mocked USA Today for giving the Woman of the Year award to assistant secretary of health at the Department of Health and Human Services, Dr. Richard Leland Levine, alias "Rachel" Levine, who is a man. If they follow the boys and not the girls, you have a good clue with which to work. Levine, 64, a trained pediatrician, became the nations highest-ranking openly transgender official last March when the Senate confirmed the Biden nominee as assistant secretary of health. Really? Pubmedid: Levine RM, Rubalcaba E, Lippman ME, Cowan KH. Democrats would certainly call him obese since they described a normal-sized Donald Trump that way. Before donning the military uniform and long hair, Levine was known to the world as Richard Leland Levine. J Oncol Pract. It also ignores the fact that such suicides in kids results from current brainwashing in schools to promote homosexuality. She is also an admiral in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. Wolf to Nominate Alison Beam as Secretary of Health, Names Dr. Wendy Braund as Interim Acting Physician General", "Rachel Levine, historic transgender nominee, confirmed as assistant health secretary", "Meet Rachel Levine, one of the very few transgender public officials in America", "Biden's pick for Health and Human Services role would be first transgender federal official confirmed by the Senate", "Biden picks transgender woman as assistant health secretary", "Rachel Levine, openly transgender health official, to be sworn in as four-star admiral in Public Health Service", "Dr. Rachel Levine is sworn in as the nation's first transgender four-star officer", https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rachel_Levine&oldid=8780906, Democratic Party (United States) politicians, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. July 2017 January 23, 2021, {{ mediasCtrl.getTitle(media, true) }} Organization Department of Health and Human Services Latest Action 03/24/2021 - Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. Men in India wear dress-type garments, dont they? Who cares? [3] She is one of only a few openly transgender government officials in the United States,[4] and was the first to hold an office that requires Senate confirmation. Physician, World Wars & Contemporary Wars, American pediatrician, four-star admiral in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, and 17th Assistant Secretary for Health, Born on Monday, October 28, 1957 His wife divorced him in 2013. Her slogan Stay Home, Stay Calm, Stay Safe became a national phenomenon. When she decided to change her gender to female in her 40s, her mother who was by then in her mid-80s said that; Im not sure I understand, but I love you unconditionally. Dr. Levine is also a parent of two children.