Transgender Staffer Appointed To White House Position For First Time By Obama

President Obama has hired the first White House transgender staffer. Raffi Freedman-Gurspa was appointed as the Outreach and Recruitment Director for Presidential Personnel on Tuesday. Freedman-Gurspa, 28, was previously known as Rafael and is an orphan from Honduras who grew up in Massachusetts.

Raffi Freedman-Gurspa was a National Center for Transgender Equality policy adviser focusing on economic justice and racial justice issues, according to a Daily Mail report. The appointment of the first White House transgender staffer sparked controversy and online backlash almost immediately after following the announcement by the Obama administration. Click here to read more about the first White House transgender staffer.