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Dr. Rachel Levine, the U.S. assistant secretary for health and one of the only openly transgender people to be serving in the federal government, is frequently the victim of transphobic and fat-phobic content on social media. Oftentimes, these hateful comments are based on doctored images. In May 2021, for example, an image supposedly showed Levine in a bathing suit was shared tens of thousands of times on Facebook: This is not a genuine photograph of Levine. This image was created by putting Levine's head onto the body of a different person. The original photograph showed body-positive blogger Sarah Sapora after she put on a bikini for the first time in 25 years. Sapora, who originally shared the pictures to her Instagram, told Women's Health in 2017: Sapora shared her bikini photo to her Instagram again in 2021 after she saw that it had been edited to mock Levine. Sapora said that she originally posted the doctored mage of Levine, but decided to delete it and replace it with her original bikini photo. Here's an excerpt from Sapora's Instagram post: Here's the original picture:
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