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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,...

Charles Spain to Become First Openly LGBTQ Appellate Court Justice

POSTED ON November 21, 2018 In Member Spotlight

November 7, 2018—Texas Judge Steven Kirkland is the bearer of great news from the Lone Star State. “We added five new out LGBT judges, re-elected one, and promoted two others," according to Judge Kirkland. "One of the promotions is Municipal Judge Charles Spain, who was...

Ray Warren—The Charlotte Judge Who Made History When He Came Out

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

October 23, 2018 (Charlotte Magazine) By Barry Yeoman “Gay.” That one word altered Ray Warren’s life when he came out in 1998. He was the first Republican elected official in the state to do so—a piece of history that’s been long overlooked. [caption id="attachment_2895" align="alignnone" width="800"] Ray Warren...

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...

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+...

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...

Member Spotlight

LGBT Community Cheers Rosie Gonzalez’s Victorious Campaign for Judge

First Transgender Judge In Arizona Talks About Her Journey

Charles Spain to Become First Openly LGBTQ Appellate Court Justice

Ray Warren—The Charlotte Judge Who Made History When He Came Out

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

Philadelphia Celebrates National Coming Out Day with LGBTQ Wedding Event

Joyita Mondal Appointed India’s First Transgender Judge

Lesbian Sworn In as Alameda County Court Commissioner

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