President Barack Obama has appointed what is believed to be the first transgender woman to a senior government role.

Defense industry veteran Amanda Simpson of Tuscon, Arizona, who really is a rocket scientist, was just appointed by President Obama to the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security as a senior technical advisor.

Her job will include managing exports of dual use technology as well as conducting press and media liaison work for the agency.

In a statement she said:

I’m truly honored to have received this appointment and am eager and excited about this opportunity that is before me,” she said in a statement.

“But as one of the first transgender presidential appointees to the federal government, I hope that I will soon be one of hundreds, and that this appointment opens future opportunities for many others.

More at The Huffington Post.

Unsurprisingly, several conservative Christians in the US described her appointment as ‘political correctness’ (gone mad?)

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