Transgender woman leads race for judge
Matthai Kuruvila, Chronicle Staff Writer
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/06/15/BASR1DTCNE.DTLVictoria Kolakowski, who's running for Alameda Count Superior Court judge in a November runoff election, declares on her campaign Web site that she hopes to make history.
"If I am elected, I would be the first openly LGBT superior court judge elected in Alameda County, the first openly LGBT person elected countywide, and the first transgender trial court judge in the United States," it states.
The question is how much it should matter.
