The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Rachel Levine to a top post in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), making the doctor the first openly transgender person to get Senate confirmation. Levine, previously Pennsylvania’s health secretary, will be assistant secretary for health in HHS. All 50 Democrats, along with Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) voted for Levine’s nomination, despite concerns that the doctor has supported children to have genital surgery and puberty blockers. During a recent confirmation hearing, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) noted that data from the American College of Pediatricians shows that 80 to 95 percent of children who believe they’re a gender different from their birth sex will see a dissolution of those feelings by late adolescence, provided they’re not exposed to medical intervention and social affirmation. “American culture is now normalizing the idea that minors can be given hormones to prevent their biological development …