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Dr. Rachel Levine, an openly transgender woman, was recently chosen to be the new Pennsylvania Physician’s General and may be named to Gov.-elect Tom Wolf’s Cabinet.
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If selected to serve in Gov.-elect Tom Wolf’s Cabinet, Dr. Rachel Levine could become the highest-ranked transgender woman in Pennsylvania state government history.
Levine, who transitioned from male to female about five years ago, was announced as Wolf’s physician general on Saturday. The physician general position, which was created under former Gov Tom Ridge, must be confirmed by the Pennsylvania Senate.
Wolf spokesman Jeff Sheridan said Levine could become a member of the Cabinet or remain as a senior adviser to Wolf. The governor-elect has not yet formed his Cabinet.
“The confirmable positions that have to pass by the Senate are set by statute,” Sheridan said. “A Cabinet is not set by statute. A governor can form his own Cabinet the way he wants to, and that has not …