Raffi Freedman-Gurspan Biography

Raffi Freedman-Gurspan is an American transgender rights activist and former White House staffer. She was born in Honduras and adopted by an American Jewish family in Brookline, Massachusetts. In 2015, she became the first openly transgender woman to work as a White House official. She served as the Outreach and Recruitment Director for Presidential Personnel and later as the White House LGBT Liaison under the Obama administration. Freedman-Gurspan has been a vocal advocate for transgender rights, particularly around violence against transgender women of color and the need for more comprehensive healthcare for transgender people. She has also spoken out against discriminatory policies and practices, including the military ban on transgender service members and the Trump administration's rollbacks of protections for transgender students in schools. After leaving the White House in 2017, Freedman-Gurspan continued her activism as a Policy Advisor at the National Center for Transgender Equality and Director of External Relations at the Transgender Law Center. She has been recognized for her contributions to the transgender community with awards and honors from various organizations.

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