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Obama Appoints Transgender Attorney Shannon Minter To White House Commission

Started by traci_k, June 09, 2015, 07:03:26 AM

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Obama Appoints Transgender Attorney Shannon Minter To White House Commission


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/08/obama-transgender-lgbt-rights_n_7538008.html?utm_hp_ref=transgender

Huffington Post
Jennifer Bendery
Posted: 06/08/2015 6:06 pm EDT Updated: 06/08/2015 8:59 pm EDT

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama on Monday appointed transgender attorney Shannon Price Minter to the President's Commission on White House Fellowships.

Minter, who is the legal director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, has been lead counsel in a number of legal wins for the LGBT community. He gained national attention in 2001 when he represented the lesbian partner of Diane Whipple in a wrongful death case stemming from a dog mauling. That case resulted in a landmark decision in California that extended tort claims to same-sex domestic partners.


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