{"id":270329,"date":"2025-12-09T10:32:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T15:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/?p=270329"},"modified":"2025-12-09T10:32:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T15:32:21","slug":"trump-administration-corrects-nameplate-of-richard-levine-to-show-birth-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/trump-administration-corrects-nameplate-of-richard-levine-to-show-birth-name","title":{"rendered":"Trump administration corrects nameplate of Richard Levine to show birth name"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Trump administration has taken a principled stand by correcting the nameplate on the official portrait of Richard Levine, the former assistant secretary for health under Joe Biden, reverting it from the assumed female name &#8220;Rachel&#8221; to his biological birth name &#8220;Richard.&#8221; This change, made during the recent federal shutdown, underscores a commitment to acknowledging scientific and biological reality over gender ideology. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Levine&#8217;s spokesperson decried the move as &#8220;bigotry,&#8221; but it aligns with efforts to restore accuracy in federal representations. Levine, a pediatrician who specialized in so-called &#8220;LGBT medicine,&#8221; was appointed in 2021 as the highest-ranking openly gender-confused official in U.S. history. During his tenure, he aggressively promoted dangerous &#8220;transgender&#8221; interventions for minors, including puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgeries\u2014practices now widely recognized as manipulative and harmful to vulnerable children and families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response, the current HHS leadership has prioritized gold-standard science, reversing the harmful policies advanced by Levine. A new report from the department exposes the significant, long-term risks of these sex-rejecting procedures, which were inadequately tracked under the previous administration. 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