Queer Oakland: Victoria Kolakowski, USA's first transgendered Superior Court Judge

Last updated on 01:16AM, Thursday, November 25, 2010

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I was thrilled to be interviewing Victoria Kolakowski, the first transgender Superior Court Judge in the U.S., but I wasn't about to make any assumptions about what that might mean for the Alameda County residents she'll be presiding over.

"It's still sinking in that I won," Kolakowski said. "I don't want people to get the wrong idea about who I am or what I'm trying to do. Some people took away from my campaign that I was running merely to become the first transgendered judge.

"I'm not going to be the 'transgender judge'. I'm not going to be in 'transgender court'. This isn't a television show. This is serious business."

"I've chosen to be open. There's an old saying that 'you're only as sick as your secrets.'"

Awesome quote.