1) Queen Elizabeth II set to become Britain’s longest-reigning Monarch.
- She will become the longest-reigning British head of state and the longest-reigning female monarch in history
- She will surpass record held by her great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria, who reined thousand-year-old institution of Britain for more than 63 years.
About Queen Elizabeth II:
- She acceded to the throne at the age of 25 after her father, King George VI died. She was crowned as queen of Britain and other realms, including Canada and Australia.
- Presently, she is Queen of 16 member states in the Commonwealth of Nations which consists of overall 53 member states.
- She is also Head of the Commonwealth and Supreme Governor of the Church of England.
2) The White House has appointed its first openly transgender Raffi Freedman-Gurspan as an recruitment director.
- The White House has appointed its first openly transgender staff member. Raffi Freedman-Gurspan has been hired as an outreach and recruitment director for presidential personnel in the White House Office of Presidential Personnel.
- Gurspan previously served as policy adviser for the National Center for Transgender Equality’s (NCTE) Racial & Economic.
- The Obama Administration has worked with several transgender people in the past, but Freedman-Gurspan is the first to do so as a White House staffer.
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