Dr. Demetre Daskalakis fired back at Leavitt after she criticized his use of language regarding pregnancy.
Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, who says he spent his career as a gay rights supporter, was outraged at attempts by the Trump administration to Daskalakis resigned from his position as director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases on Wednesday in response toIn an interview with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, Daskalakis responded to Leavitt’s remarks on his use of the term “pregnant people,” telling Collins, “I accept the note and I don’t care.
” At her press briefing on Thursday, Leavitt was asked if there would be further departures from the CDC following the“Not to my knowledge,” Leavitt responded. “I understand there were a few other individuals who resigned after the firing of Ms. Monarez. One of those individuals wrote in his departure statement that he identifies pregnant women as pregnant people, so that’s not someone we want in this administration anyway.” In Daskalakis’ resignation letter, which he posted to X, he slammed Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s decision to end COVID vaccine mandates. “The recent change in the adult and children’s immunization schedule threaten the lives of the youngest Americans and pregnant people.”I am writing to formally resign from my position as Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , effective August 28, 2025, close of business.…Daskalakis said, “I have for my entire career been an advocate for the LGBTQ community... I find it outrageous that this administration is trying to erase transgender people.” “I very specifically used the term pregnant people, and very specifically added my pronouns at the end of my resignation letter to make the point that I am defying this terrible strategy at trying to erase people and not allowing them to express their identities,” he continued.presidential action40 states, five U.S. territories, and Washington, D.C. to remove references to transgender people from their sex education programs or lose federal funding. Most recently, several prominent MAGA supporters took advantage of the fact that a 23-year-old transgender woman carried out a school shooting in Minneapolis to
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