Author:Andrew Austin

First Openly Gay State Supreme Court Justice to Retire

POSTED ON November 21, 2018 In LGBTQ Judges, Member Spotlight

September 13, 2018 (Portland Tribune)—Justice Rives Kistler, who became the first openly LGBT state supreme court justice in the nation when he was appointed in 2003, will retire from the Oregon Supreme Court on December 31. Kistler announced his retirement Monday, September 10, in a letter...

Philadelphia Celebrates National Coming Out Day with LGBTQ Wedding Event

POSTED ON November 21, 2018 In Member Spotlight

October 11, 2018 (Philadelphia City Hall)—Mayor Jim Kenney, Director for the Office of LGBT Affairs Amber Hikes, City Representative Sheila Hess, and Philadelphia Parks & Recreation Commissioner Kathryn Ott Lovell were joined by esteemed LGBTQ+ judges Daniel Anders, Ann Butchart and Barbara McDermott, and LGBTQ+...

Trans-Competency: What Judges Need to Know

POSTED ON October 22, 2018 In Judicial Education Materials

A quick reference guide created by Judge Joseph Fernandes of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas with the cooperation of Ethan Rice, Esq., Thomas Ude, Esq., and Andrea Farney, Esq., for the Pennsylvania Conference of State Trial Judges Mid-Annual Meeting in February 2018....