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Nation's first transgender trial judge overcame discrimination

Started by Shana A, February 06, 2011, 08:05:41 AM

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Nation's first transgender trial judge overcame discrimination

By Angela Woodall
Sunday, February 6, 2011

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/05/AR2011020500306.html

OAKLAND, CALIF. - Few county judges command standing ovations before they say a word, nor do they compel hate mail from strangers halfway around the world.

Alameda County Superior Court Judge Victoria Kolakowski receives both. She is the first transgender person elected as a trial judge and one of the very few elected to any office.
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde


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