“Dr. Rachel Levine will bring the steady leadership and essential expertise we need to get people through this pandemic — no matter their zip code, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability — and meet the public health needs of our country in this critical moment and beyond,” Biden said in a statement.

https://19thnews.org/2021/01/biden-appoints-dr-rachel-levine-as-assistant-secretary-of-health-a-historic-first-for-transgender-people/