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Transgender Democrat Running for Governor of Vermont Thwacks Trump Administration Over Male-Female Designation Policy

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The Democratic nominee for governor of Vermont is promising to let the Trump administration hear it and feel it over a proposal by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to define biological sex as male and female under federal law. Christine Hallquist, a biological male who identifies as a woman, posted a tweet after The New York Times reported on Sunday, October 21 that the federal agency wants immutable characteristics of biological sex to determine how a person's status is stated

The Democratic nominee for governor of Vermont is promising to let the Trump administration hear it and feel it over a proposal by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to define biological sex as male and female under federal law. Christine Hallquist, a biological male who identifies as a woman, posted a tweet after The New York Times reported on Sunday, October 21 that the federal agency wants immutable characteristics of biological sex to determine how a person's status is stated…