Trump admin deadnames trailblazing transgender admiral on official portrait: Report Adm. Rachel Levine made history in 2021 as the nation’s highest-ranking openly transgender official The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2025
America’s first trans member of Congress isn’t taking Nancy Mace’s rage bait Sarah McBride opens up about losing her husband to cancer as she shoots down anti-trans attacks The Independent UK · Nov 24, 2024
Assistant Secretary Rachel Levine Opens Up About Gender Identity Assistant Secretary Rachel Levine discusses gender identity, advocating for gender-affirming care while addressing concerns about transgender interventions... Top News · Apr 8, 2024
US Health Secretary Rachel Levine Addresses Controversy Over Transgender Awareness Debate over Transgender Day of Visibility coinciding with Easter Sunday sparks differing opinions. Admiral Rachel Levine emphasizes importance of transgend... Top News · Apr 2, 2024
Kari Lake revives Obama birther conspiracy with no mention of donation to campaign In new book, Trump supporter and election denier avoids Obama donation in her name she has claimed was made by her husband The Guardian - US · Jun 27, 2023
No evidence ‘social contagion’ is making children think they are transgender, says Biden’s top trans official In an interview with The Independent, assistant health secretary Rachel Levine rejected the idea that peer pressure is behind the long-term rise in trans children The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2023
Rachel Levine on Congress bigots, Don’t Say Gay and life as Biden’s top trans official: ‘Despair doesn’t motivate change’ EXCLUSIVE: Rachel Levine is assistant secretary of state for health in the Biden administration and the most senior transgender official in American history. She talks to Io Dodds about her contentious confirmation hearing and her belief bigotry against trans people is in the minority and borne from misinformation. The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2023
HHS delayed fluoride data on brain harm Dental groups urged HHS officials to alter report they believed threatened water fluoridation Salon · Mar 17, 2023
Health Officials Delayed Report Linking Fluoride to Brain Harm Records show dental groups urged Department of Health and Human Services to alter report they believed threatened water fluoridation. Capital & Main · Mar 14, 2023
Lobbying ramps up around new health agency headquarters - Roll Call At least 10 states have expressed interest in hosting the new agency, tasked with speeding to market innovative health technologies. Roll Call · Jul 28, 2022
Twitter flags Marjorie Taylor Greene for ‘hateful content’ after transphobic tweet about Biden official Twitter has kept the tweet up to ‘remain accessible’ The Independent UK · Jul 18, 2022
The Babylon Bee: The Absurdity of Reality 'Makes Our Job Very Difficult' The Christian satire site has met the ire of fact-checkers for pushing back against left-leaning humor. Reason · Jun 22, 2022
America’s top-ranked trans official condemns attacks on LGBTQ+ youth Rachel Levine says LGBTQ+ Americans killing themselves ‘at a rate that should shock our conscience’ The Guardian - US · May 2, 2022
In Texas, transgender official says science is being ‘politically perverted’ to attack LGBT people FORT WORTH, Texas — The nation’s top transgender official came to Texas this weekend to call out what she called the political perversion of medicine and science and urge doctors to stand up against attacks on LGBT Americans’ access to health care. Tribune News Service · May 1, 2022
Salon · Apr 28, 2022 Boebert's new target: TSA modernization Several House Republicans are co-sponsoring Boebert's bill that would prevent a new gender-neutral scanning system
The Independent UK · Apr 26, 2022 Tucker Carlson returns to Twitter in response to Elon Musk takeover ‘We’re back,’ says Carlson in a Monday evening tweet
The Independent UK · Mar 31, 2022 ‘An ally in the White House’: Activists celebrate as Biden announces gender X for US passports and neutral airport scanners Human Rights Campaign says government initiatives ‘come at a much needed time when transgender people are under attack in statehouses across the country’
The Conversation · Mar 31, 2022 Transgender women are finding some respect in India, but a traditional gender-nonconforming group – hijras – remains stigmatized The confirmation of Rachel Levine, the first openly transgender federal official in the U.S., as assistant secretary to Department of Health and Human Services, showed the progress toward acceptance that transgender people have recently made in many parts of the world.
The Independent UK · Mar 24, 2022 Tucker Carlson mocked for rant about 'censorship' after Twitter removes comment about trans people ‘Our national conversation about transgenderism is completely defined by censorship’
The Independent UK · Mar 23, 2022 Marjorie Taylor Greene says she’s under threat from transgender ‘biological men aggressively replacing women’ Marjorie Taylor Greene’s false statements were in response to a retweet from conservative activist Charlie Kirk
Salon · Mar 23, 2022 The right unites to attack Dr. Levine USA Today recently named Assistant Secretary for Health Dr. Rachel Levine "Woman of the Year"
Benzinga · Mar 22, 2022 Twitter Suspends Conservative Talk Show Host Charlie Kirk Over Rachel Levine Tweet For the second time this week, Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) has suspended a high-profile account over comments made about Rachel Levine, the transgender Assistant Secretary for Health in the Biden administration.
The Independent UK · Mar 22, 2022 Conservative satire site The Babylon Bee locked out of Twitter for misgendering trans White House official The Christian parody outlet is refusing to delete a tweet deliberately referring to Biden official Dr Rachel Levine as a man
Reason · Mar 21, 2022 Twitter Suspends Satire Site Babylon Bee for Tweet, "The Babylon Bee's Man of the Year is Rachel Levine" The tweet was apparently aimed at mocking Time Magazine for calling Rachel Levine its "Woman of the Year."
Benzinga · Mar 21, 2022 Why Did Twitter Suspend Babylon Bee? (Hint: It Involves Rachel Levine) The Babylon Bee, a satirical news site, had its account locked on Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) after posting a comic story claiming that Rachel Levine, the transgender Assistant Secretary for Health in the Biden administration, was named its “Man of the Year.”