"Last night, I saw an image of mine had – once again – been turned into a meme designed to mock, shame, and hurt someone," Sapora wrote April 21. She told Women's Health it was her first time wearing a bikini in 25 years.įour years later, she reposted the image on her profile – this time to call attention to the manipulated photo featuring Levine. Sarah Sapora first published the image on her Instagram page in April 2017. It was digitally altered to include Levine's face. The image in the Facebook post stems from the Instagram page of a body-positive blogger and motivational speaker.
Original photo shows body-positive blogger USA TODAY reached out to Battle of the Republic for comment. The photo doesn't show Levine – it's altered, as other independent fact-checking organizations have pointed out. More: Biden's pro-LGBTQ stance comes with a surge of anti-LGBTQ misinformation Some versions of the image in the Facebook post have used Levine's "deadname," a name assigned at birth, instead of her self-identified name. Since President Joe Biden nominated her, Levine has faced transphobia both on- and offline. But other posts with the image have racked up thousands of interactions on Facebook and Instagram over the past month, according to CrowdTangle, a social media insights tool. The post accumulated a little more than 200 shares within one day.
"Just in case you were still taking this administration seriously, THIS is your Assistant Secretary of Health," reads text in the photo. 15 by a page called Battle of the Republic claims to show Levine in a two-piece bathing suit. Rachel Levine continues to be a frequent subject of online misinformation.Ī Facebook photo published Sept. Six months after her historic confirmation, Assistant Health Secretary Dr. Levine The claim: A photo shows Assistant Health Secretary Rachel Levine in a bathing suit Rand Paul asks controversial transgender question to Dr.
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