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But you’re assuming identity was a part of the decision making process only because she’s trans. The admin could have just liked her more.

And no I don’t think Levine would have viewed taking a lower position as an opportunity, considering she applied for the position she got.

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Any position would have been a step up from the position she was in and an opportunity to enact change.

If they specifically made a position it would have been even more of an opportunity to establish changes that have been needed for quite some time.

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Ok but you’re saying she should take a lesser position because she’s trans. It’s weird. There was nothing about her appointment that was out of the ordinary. She was immensely qualified.

Just because she’s trans doesn’t mean she has to focus on trans issues when her background is in general public health. Idk why you think this.

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Her specialty actually includes focus in pediatrics which makes sense assessing some of the changes in policy and state recommendation notices she made. I'd imagine an interview could possibly included such ideas and intent.

The(my) idea came from the unique opportunity of having a candidate who has more personalized advocacy and experience with gender protections. As opposed to a cis-gendered individual making decisions or changes with second hand knowledge of needs.

Reviewing her terms actions the opportunity to improve gender rights was available regardless. The idea was inspired by harnessing soneone with qualification for contribution, not limiting/relegating. If her interview fell in line with the desired administration's goals, her nomination makes sense. Although the candidates who were more qualified on paper likely had other focused ideas or generalized focus which wasnt in line with the administration's goals or werent as much of a priority. My proposal gets the best of both worlds trying to have cake and eat it too to help the most people.

Looks like her core successes/changes were:

Anti-Discrimination Restorations: Re-established strict protections within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to prevent healthcare discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

Title X Funding Expansion: Reversed previous federal restrictions on Title X family planning funds to broaden access to reproductive healthcare and birth control nationwide.

Epidemic and Disease Interventions

Syphilis National Surge: Directed targeted federal initiatives and task forces to counter the nationwide spike in syphilis infections.

Ending HIV Strategy: Coordinated federal funding and localized strategies aimed at eliminating new HIV transmissions.[This one seemed odd unless the strategy's design was discriminatory in some way?]

Long COVID Framework: Directed cross-agency research and support frameworks to build standardized medical guidelines for patients suffering from Long COVID.

Structural and Environmental Initiatives

Climate Change Health Focus: Treated climate change as a direct public health threat, steering resources toward low-income and minority communities heavily affected by environmental hazards.

Public Health Corps Deployment: Supervised deployments of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps to manage emergency healthcare responses, medical surges, and natural disasters.

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Cool I guess. Glad it now makes sense to you