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Posted: March 4th, 2010 | Author: The Dish | Filed under: People | Tags: amanda simpson, obama, presidential appointee, transgender | No Comments »This is kind of old news, but in case you didn’t know.
Amanda Simpson has become the first transgender person to be appointed to a position by the President of the United States. President Obama announced Simpson as his pick for Technical Advisor under the Department of Commerce.
Simpson has worked in the aerospace and defense industry for 30 years, and is a certified flight instructor and test pilot with over 20 years of experience. At her last position at Raytheon Missile Systems, she successfully pushed the company to include gender identity and expression under its equal employment opportunity policy.
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