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The Latest Breaking News from Rachel Levine

America’s first trans member of Congress isn’t taking Nancy Mace’s rage bait

Sarah McBride opens up about losing her husband to cancer as she shoots down anti-trans attacks

The Independent UK

Assistant Secretary Rachel Levine Opens Up About Gender Identity

Assistant Secretary Rachel Levine discusses gender identity, advocating for gender-affirming care while addressing concerns about transgender interventions...

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Kari Lake revives Obama birther conspiracy with no mention of donation to campaign

In new book, Trump supporter and election denier avoids Obama donation in her name she has claimed was made by her husband

The Guardian - US

No evidence ‘social contagion’ is making children think they are transgender, says Biden’s top trans official

In an interview with The Independent, assistant health secretary Rachel Levine rejected the idea that peer pressure is behind the long-term rise in trans children

The Independent UK

Rachel Levine on Congress bigots, Don’t Say Gay and life as Biden’s top trans official: ‘Despair doesn’t motivate change’

EXCLUSIVE: Rachel Levine is assistant secretary of state for health in the Biden administration and the most senior transgender official in American history. She talks to Io Dodds about her contentious confirmation hearing and her belief bigotry against trans people is in the minority and borne from misinformation.

The Independent UK

HHS delayed fluoride data on brain harm

Dental groups urged HHS officials to alter report they believed threatened water fluoridation

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Health Officials Delayed Report Linking Fluoride to Brain Harm

Records show dental groups urged Department of Health and Human Services to alter report they believed threatened water fluoridation.

Capital & Main

Lobbying ramps up around new health agency headquarters - Roll Call

At least 10 states have expressed interest in hosting the new agency, tasked with speeding to market innovative health technologies.

Roll Call

Twitter flags Marjorie Taylor Greene for ‘hateful content’ after transphobic tweet about Biden official

Twitter has kept the tweet up to ‘remain accessible’

The Independent UK

The Babylon Bee: The Absurdity of Reality 'Makes Our Job Very Difficult'

The Christian satire site has met the ire of fact-checkers for pushing back against left-leaning humor.

Reason

America’s top-ranked trans official condemns attacks on LGBTQ+ youth

Rachel Levine says LGBTQ+ Americans killing themselves ‘at a rate that should shock our conscience’

The Guardian - US

In Texas, transgender official says science is being ‘politically perverted’ to attack LGBT people

FORT WORTH, Texas — The nation’s top transgender official came to Texas this weekend to call out what she called the political perversion of medicine and science and urge doctors to stand up against attacks on LGBT Americans’ access to health care.

Tribune News Service

Boebert's new target: TSA modernization

Several House Republicans are co-sponsoring Boebert's bill that would prevent a new gender-neutral scanning system

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The Independent UK

Tucker Carlson returns to Twitter in response to Elon Musk takeover

‘We’re back,’ says Carlson in a Monday evening tweet

The Independent UK

‘An ally in the White House’: Activists celebrate as Biden announces gender X for US passports and neutral airport scanners

Human Rights Campaign says government initiatives ‘come at a much needed time when transgender people are under attack in statehouses across the country’

The Conversation

Transgender women are finding some respect in India, but a traditional gender-nonconforming group – hijras – remains stigmatized

The confirmation of Rachel Levine, the first openly transgender federal official in the U.S., as assistant secretary to Department of Health and Human Services, showed the progress toward acceptance that transgender people have recently made in many parts of the world.

The Independent UK

Tucker Carlson mocked for rant about 'censorship' after Twitter removes comment about trans people

‘Our national conversation about transgenderism is completely defined by censorship’

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The Independent UK

Marjorie Taylor Greene says she’s under threat from transgender ‘biological men aggressively replacing women’

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s false statements were in response to a retweet from conservative activist Charlie Kirk

Salon

The right unites to attack Dr. Levine

USA Today recently named Assistant Secretary for Health Dr. Rachel Levine "Woman of the Year"

Benzinga

Twitter Suspends Conservative Talk Show Host Charlie Kirk Over Rachel Levine Tweet

For the second time this week, Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) has suspended a high-profile account over comments made about Rachel Levine, the transgender Assistant Secretary for Health in the Biden administration.

The Independent UK

Conservative satire site The Babylon Bee locked out of Twitter for misgendering trans White House official

The Christian parody outlet is refusing to delete a tweet deliberately referring to Biden official Dr Rachel Levine as a man

Reason

Twitter Suspends Satire Site Babylon Bee for Tweet, "The Babylon Bee's Man of the Year is Rachel Levine"

The tweet was apparently aimed at mocking Time Magazine for calling Rachel Levine its "Woman of the Year."

Benzinga

Why Did Twitter Suspend Babylon Bee? (Hint: It Involves Rachel Levine)

The Babylon Bee, a satirical news site, had its account locked on Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) after posting a comic story claiming that Rachel Levine, the transgender Assistant Secretary for Health in the Biden administration, was named its “Man of the Year.”

Tribune News Service

Texas AG Ken Paxton refuses to call transgender official Rachel Levine a woman — again

AUSTIN, Texas — After Twitter flagged him for “hateful conduct,” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton dug in on his decision to deny the gender identity of the nation’s highest-ranking transgender official.

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