Department of Health and Human Services

After a bipartisan vote, Dr. Levine will be the assistant secretary of health at the Department of Health and Human Services despite opposition from the religious right.

“Genital mutilation,” Paul bellowed as he started questioning the first transgender person nominated to a Senate-confirmed position, Dr. Rachel Levine.

Dr. Rachel Levine could be the first out transgender person appointed to a federal position and approved by the U.S. Senate.

The scorched earth tactics continue as the Trump administration torches every LGBTQ protection it can on its way out the door.

The judge said that the Trump administration rule was “threatening the health of LGBTQ individuals at large.”

The Trump administration has repeatedly singled out transgender people for attack, but one of the most egregious has been blocked by a federal judge at the 11th hour.

The pro-discrimination rule means the Trump administration “demonstrated animus towards transgender persons, continuing a pervasive pattern.”

Doctors and EMTs could refuse to help transgender people if they claim it would “compromise their faith.”

The move comes during Pride month and on the anniversary of the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub that left dozens of LGBTQ people dead.

The new rule would roll back Obama era protections that ban discrimination against transgender people at the worst time possible.