Sam Brinton

Sam Brinton
Official portrait, 2022
Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Nuclear Energy
In office
June 19, 2022 – December 11, 2022
Succeeded byKim Petry (acting)
Personal details
Born
Samuel Otis Brinton

1986 or 1987 (age 36–37)[1]
Education
OccupationNuclear engineer

Samuel Otis Brinton (born 1986/1987)[1] is an American nuclear engineer and LGBTQ activist. They served as the deputy assistant secretary of Spent Fuel and Waste Disposition in the Office of Nuclear Energy from June to December 2022.[2][3][4] Brinton is no longer employed by the Office of Nuclear Energy after being charged with luggage theft on three separate occasions.[4]

Brinton gained media attention in 2010 for their reported experience of conversion therapy,[5] later testifying at the United Nations on the subject in 2014.[6] The gay activist Wayne Besen was skeptical about their account, alleging inconsistencies.[5]

Brinton was the first openly genderfluid individual in federal government leadership, and uses singular they pronouns.[7]

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  7. ^ Fitzsimons, Tim (September 4, 2019). "'Doesn't surprise me': Conversion therapy survivors on another ex-therapist coming out". NBC News. Archived from the original on February 11, 2022. Retrieved February 18, 2022.