Amanda Simpson becomes the first ever Trans Woman to be appointed by the President to the Department of Commerce as a senior technical adviser.

This is a fantastic step toward open equality regardless of sexual orientation or sexual identity. I think that this is a huge statement from Obama in the way he plans to run things during his time as President. More to come in the future I hope.

Though I was a bit disappointed after reading the article and scrolling down to take a look at the comments made on the article. With the first two comments being extremely ignorant and negative, I think it shows that we still have a long way to go in relation to awareness and equality.

http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/01/01/Trans_Woman_Appointed...