LGBTQ Judges

LGBT Community Cheers Rosie Gonzalez’s Victorious Campaign for Judge

POSTED ON March 8, 2019 In Appointments/Elections, LGBTQ Judges, Member Spotlight

November 7, 2018 (OutInSA) By Sam Sanchez In an election season that offered a mixed bag of results, at least one San Antonio LGBT candidate is celebrating a victory and thanking the community for its help. Attorney Rosie Gonzalez scored a solid victory in the race for Judge...

First Transgender Judge In Arizona Talks About Her Journey

POSTED ON March 8, 2019 In LGBTQ Judges, Member Spotlight, Transgender Judges

November 13, 2018 (KJZZ) By Lauren Gilger Last month, Tracy Nadzieja stood in front of a courtroom, took an oath to become a commissioner of the Maricopa County Superior Court and became the first known transgender judge in the state. And, according to the Southern Arizona Gender Alliance,...

Transgender Judge Takes the Bench as Gender Issues Heat Up

POSTED ON November 21, 2018 In Appointments/Elections, LGBTQ Judges, Member Spotlight

October 26, 2018 (Arizona Capitol Times)—Tracey Nadzieja never wanted to be the story. She spent decades trying to hide herself from everyone around her, terrified that they may one day learn the truth and she would lose everything. But she was thrust into the spotlight on...

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...

Judge Helen Whitener Named Co-chair of Minority & Justice Commission

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

September 21, 2018 (Pierce County, WA)—Pierce County Superior Court Judge G. Helen Whitener has been elected co-chair of the Washington Supreme Court Minority and Justice Commission, taking up the position after longtime co-chair, Supreme Court Justice Charles Johnson, chose to step down. Justice Johnson served on...

Joyita Mondal Appointed India’s First Transgender Judge

POSTED ON October 22, 2018 In Appointments/Elections, LGBTQ Judges, Member Spotlight, Transgender Judges

October 13, 2018 (Think Change India)—Born in a traditional Hindu household in West Bengal, Joyita Mondal suffered a lot of discrimination as a transgender person. She had to drop out of school, sleep at a bus stand, and beg on the streets. It no longer...

Lesbian Sworn In as Alameda County Court Commissioner

POSTED ON October 22, 2018 In Appointments/Elections, LGBTQ Judges, Member Spotlight

August 29, 2018 (Bay Area Reporter)—In a packed courtroom at the Rene C. Davidson Courthouse in Oakland Friday, August 24, lesbian former research attorney Bentrish Satarzadeh was publicly sworn in as an Alameda County court commissioner. Numerous judges, Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley, California Court...

Transgender Judge Named for Assam, India Civil Court

POSTED ON October 22, 2018 In Appointments/Elections, LGBTQ Judges, Member Spotlight, Transgender Judges

August 16, 2018 (G Plus, Guwahati)—Appointed the first transgender judge of Assam and northeast India, and the third in India, Swati Bidhan Baruah hails from the state’s strong LGBTQ+ community. Born and brought up in Guwahati, Swati will work in a national Lok Adalat (civil court)...

Justice Rosalyn Richter Receives the LGBT Bar’s Dan Bradley Award

POSTED ON September 3, 2018 In LGBTQ Judges, Member Spotlight

August 8, 2018 (The LGBT Bar)—Justice Rosalyn H. Richter was honored with the Dan Bradley Award at the 30th Annual Lavender Law Conference and Career Fair. The Dan Bradley Award is the National LGBT Bar Association’s highest honor. Given at the Lavender Law Awards Lunch, the...

First LGBT Judge Named to Sonoma County Court

POSTED ON September 3, 2018 In LGBTQ Judges, Member Spotlight

July 11, 2018 (Bay Area Reporter)—California Governor Jerry Brown has named the first known LGBT judge to the Sonoma County Superior Court. Barbara Phelan, 57, a lesbian attorney who lives in Glen Ellen, was appointed by Brown in late June to fill a vacancy on the...

LGBTQ Judges

LGBT Community Cheers Rosie Gonzalez’s Victorious Campaign for Judge

First Transgender Judge In Arizona Talks About Her Journey

Transgender Judge Takes the Bench as Gender Issues Heat Up

First Openly Gay State Supreme Court Justice to Retire

Judge Helen Whitener Named Co-chair of Minority & Justice Commission

Joyita Mondal Appointed India’s First Transgender Judge

Lesbian Sworn In as Alameda County Court Commissioner

Transgender Judge Named for Assam, India Civil Court

Justice Rosalyn Richter Receives the LGBT Bar’s Dan Bradley Award

First LGBT Judge Named to Sonoma County Court

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