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    Dr. Rachel Levine: Transgender Health Care Is An Equity Issue, Not A Political One

    "I think people fear what they don't understand," says Levine, assistant secretary for health and the first openly transgender person to serve in a Senate-confirmed position.
    by Becky Sullivan Apr 01, 2021 3 minutes
    Dr. Rachel Levine during her confirmation hearing in February. In an NPR interview Thursday, Levine questions state measures limiting transgender rights.
    Updated April 1, 2021 at 6:30 PM ET

    Dozens of states are considering Republican-led bills that advocates say are harmful to transgender people. The recent spate of bills are "really challenging to see," says Dr. Rachel Levine, the nation's newly confirmed assistant secretary for health.

    "I really think that the decisions about health care for LGBTQ youth are really between the family, the child, the young person, their doctor, maybe their therapist," said Levine, openly transgender official to serve

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