Kolakowski, transgender judge, honored as icon
Thursday, October 20, 2011
http://ebar.com/blogs/?p=3090Alameda County Superior Court Judge Victoria Kolakowski (seen at left), the first openly transgender person in the country ever to be elected as a trial court judge, is being honored as an LGBT icon today.
October is LGBT History Month. The group Equality Forum is featuring a different honoree each day on their website:
www.equalityforum.com. The site includes videos of the icons and other resources.
"It's an amazing honor, something that I never would have anticipated," Kolakowski said. "I'm just glad that I can hopefully be a role model for LGBT youth and trans youth, in particular, who often don't have role models, especially in positions like mine."
