Obama Appoints Transgender Activist to Faith-Based Advisory Council
by Samuel Smith, Christian Post:
President Barack Obama has named a transgender woman to the President’s Advisory Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships.
The White House announced earlier this month that Barbara Satin, the assistant faith work director for the National LGBTQ Task Force, was named as a member of the President’s Advisory Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships, which advises the president on how to improve partnerships to serve Americans in need.
Satin, a member of the United Church of Christ, is the first openly transgender member of the United Church of Christ’s executive council.
“I am both honored and humbled to be selected to serve on the President’s advisory council,” Satin, an Air Force veteran, said in a statement released through the United Church of Christ. “Given the current political climate, I believe it’s important that a voice of faith representing the transgender and gender non-conforming community — as well as a person of my years, nearly 82 — be present and heard in these vital conversations.”
Satin has long been active in the Minnesota LGBT community. Among her many accomplishments, she recently worked on the development of an LGBT senior housing project in Minneapolis called Spirit on Lake. She also served on OutFront Minnesota’s Board of Directors from 2001 until 2008.
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