Dr. Rachel Levine, the transgender assistant secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), has been named one of USA TODAY’s “Women of the Year.”
The nomination places Levine on a list of honorees that includes Melinda French Gates, Simone Biles, and Vice President Kamala Harris, amongst others.
The news outlet set out the criteria for nomination alongside publication of the list:
USA TODAY’s Women of the Year lead and inspire, promote and fight for equity, give others a place to seek help and find hope.
They are strong and resilient women who have been champions of change and courage, often quietly, but with powerful results. And often despite their own challenges.
[…]Each has an inspiring and powerful story.
USA TODAY cited the 64-year-old, who is the first openly transgender four-star officer in the Uniformed Services, on the back of promotion to “the highest-ranking openly transgender official when the Senate confirmed her as assistant secretary of health.”
The former Pennsylvania Secretary of Health was applauded by former colleagues.
“I’m endlessly proud of Dr. Levine and her work,” Gov. Tom Wolf tweeted Monday. “What a well-deserved honor.”
Congratulations to Pennsylvania’s former Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine (@HHS_ASH) on being named as one of @USATODAY’s Women of the Year.
I’m endlessly proud of Dr. Levine and her work. What a well-deserved honor. https://t.co/e5L1XVPzR4
— Governor Tom Wolf (@GovernorTomWolf) March 14, 2022
Levine ran Pennsylvania’s response to coronavirus in the wake of the first reported cases in the state back in March of 2020.
Levine came under heavy scrutiny in 2020 after it was revealed the official’s 95-year-old mother was moved from a nursing home despite departmental advice, which initially urged nursing homes to admit “stable” coronavirus patients into the facilities.
Conservative news and commentary site PJ Media reports that Twitter locked its account for calling Rachel Levine, the transgender assistant secretary for health, a male. https://t.co/sTZEjqjtkP
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) November 4, 2021
“My mother requested, and my sister and I as her children complied to move her to another location during the Covid-19 outbreak,” Levine said at the time, adding the patient was “very intelligent and more than competent to make her own decisions.”
Levine, who was born as Richard, served as the Health Department’s Secretary from 2017 to 2021 before joining the Biden administration as the Assistant Health Secretary for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, as Breitbart News reported.
This is just a sick joke, adults still playing pretend. Regardless you are still a man freak
Why arnt the real women protesting this ?
Speaking for myself, I don’t give a $hit. These freaks get none of my energy.
The irony is his real name. It’s the one thing this deranged kike wanted to lop off.
Woman of the year? That’s no woman. That’s a man in drag. It’s an insult to women.
When he becomes a woman, call me, I want to see the miracle that was performed.
BIG FAT GAY PIG WHATEVER!! IT PROBABLY CAN SUCK ITSELF OFF!!!!
(LAUGHING)
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Wonder why?
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