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President Obama has hired a male to female Transsexual to a government post. Her name is Amanda Simpson, and here is her background, courtesy of Wikipedia.org.
Amanda Simpson (age 48) is the Senior Technical Adviser to the Department of Commerce, appointed by the Obama Administration.[1][2][3] She is the second transgender political appointee in any administration, with the first being Dylan Orr. [4][5] Simpson will work in the Bureau of Industry and Security. She was born Mitchell Simpson, but underwent MtF Sex reassignment.
Simpson received her MBA from the University of Arizona in 2001, her Master of Science in Engineering from the California State University, Northridge in 1988 and her Bachelor of Science in Physics from the Harvey Mudd College in 1983.[6] She was a test pilot who flew the T-39 and A-3 Sky Warrior in those planes' development stages for Hughes Aircraft.[7] Simpson also is on the board of the National Center for Transgender Equality and Simpson was the unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Representative of District 26 in the Arizona House of Representatives in 2004.[8]