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Misgendering is the real COVID crisis

16 May 2020

1:19 AM

16 May 2020

1:19 AM

If it’s true that coronavirus is less likely to kill people with high levels of testosterone, Dr Rachel Levine — the Secretary of Health for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania — may be in luck.

Dr Levine, who is leading the state’s response to the coronavirus epidemic, asked local radio host Marty Griffin to stop misgendering her after he accidentally called her ‘sir’ several times during a press call on Tuesday.

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