Rachel Levine

Rachel Levine calls state anti-LGBTQ bills disturbing and dangerous to trans youth

4:42pm April 29, 2022

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

The U.S. assistant secretary for health, who will speak at Texas Christian University, says physicians need to be more vocal in fighting politically motivated attacks on vulnerable trans youth.

Dr. Rachel Levine testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee on Capitol Hill in Washington in February. Levine was appointed to lead the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, becoming the nation's first openly tr

Dr. Rachel Levine is sworn in as the nation's first transgender four-star officer

8:53pm October 19, 2021

by Jonathan Franklin

Levine leads the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.

Dr. Rachel Levine during her confirmation hearing in February. In an NPR interview Thursday, Levine questions state measures limiting transgender rights.

Dr. Rachel Levine: Transgender Health Care Is An Equity Issue, Not A Political One

7:24pm April 01, 2021

"I think people fear what they don't understand," says Levine, assistant secretary for health and the first openly transgender person to serve in a Senate-confirmed position.

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Dr. Rachel Levine testifies last month at the Senate confirmation hearing for her nomination as assistant secretary for health. Levine previously was Pennsylvania's secretary of health.

Rachel Levine Makes History As 1st Openly Trans Federal Official Confirmed By Senate

6:23pm March 24, 2021

by Laurel Wamsley

Levine, a doctor who was previously Pennsylvania's secretary of health, is the first openly transgender federal official to win Senate confirmation. She's the new assistant secretary for health.