Two transgender judges to serve
http://transgenderequality.wordpress.com/2010/11/19/two-transgender-judges-to-serve/This week, two transgender people achieved victories as judges. Phyllis Randolph Frye, a veteran transgender legal advocate, was appointed by Houston mayor Annise Parker as an Associate Municipal Judge. The City Council unanimously approved the appointment and she was sworn in yesterday. Phyllis' contributions to the transgender community over the decades are numerous and groundbreaking. She truly has been a pioneer securing legal rights for transgender people and standing up for those who would not otherwise have a voice.
And in Alameda County, California, the vote count is finally done and Victoria Kolakowski was officially declared the winner of her race for Superior Court Judge. She will be the nation's first out transgender person elected as a trial judge. She, too, brings decades of legal experience to her work.
"Both of these women achieved what they did because of their qualifications," noted Mara Keisling, NCTE's executive director.
