The first openly transgender federal official dismissed outrage over the Transgender Day of Visibility coinciding with Easter and quoted a “Star Wars” character to mock detractors.
Assistant Secretary for Health Adm. Rachel Levine, who was born a man but identifies as a woman, made the comments in an interview with the Advocate published Monday.
“I felt that it was faux outrage,” said Levine about the controversy. “It was manufactured.”
The official pointed out that it was a coincidence that Easter fell on the same day as the Transgender Day of Visibility.
“It’s just that this Sunday was Easter, which is a very important holiday and very important event, and it also just happened to be the 31st,” Levine explained.
The official went on to claim that acceptance of the LGBTQ+ was growing in the U.S. as more “education” about nonbinary and transgender is imposed on people.
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