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After his jokes about the Palin women spawned a movement to get him fired, you’d think David Letterman would have developed a teensy bit of sensitivity about sex and gender issues. Apparently not. A bit from his Tuesday night show, in which a stagehand flees the set in horrified disgust at transgender Obama appointee Amanda Simpson, has Human Rights Campaign calling Dave out and calling for an apology.

All but lost in the end of year media coverage was Pres. Obama’s appointment of Amanda Simpson as Technical Advisor to the Commerce Department, which was first announced on December 31.

Simpson in transgendered – and a former test pilot at Raytheon Missile Systems. Get ready to hear more as the media kicks back in gear in 2010.