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The Department of Health and Human Services has altered the official portrait of a transgender former Biden administration official to display the individual’s birth name, rather than adopted name.

The former official, who currently goes by Rachel Levine, achieved the rank of admiral and served in President Joe Biden‘s administration as an assistant secretary for health. Levine was born a male and was the first transgender person to secure a Senate confirmation.

Up until the government shutdown this year, Levine’s portrait plaque in the HHS offices featured the name “Rachel Levine,” but it now displays the official’s birth name, “Richard Levine.”

“Our priority is ensuring that the information presented internally and externally by HHS reflect

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