White House - First Transgender Member Of Staff

The gist we gathered now has it that the White House has hired its first openly transgender full-time member of staff, officials have confirmed. Raffi Freedman-Gurspan started working as an outreach and recruitment director for presidential staff on Tuesday.

Her commitment to transgender rights reflects "the values of this administration," a senior White House official said. It is President Barack Obama's latest move in support of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights.