LGBT state supreme court justices

Below is a list of the names of the LGBT persons who serve on the highest court of their respective states in the United States.

The first state with a LGBT justice was Oregon, where Rives Kistler was named to the bench in 2003.[1] There are currently nine LGBT state supreme court justices, serving in eight states.

Current LGBT state supreme court justices

State Justice Began service
Colorado Monica Márquez [2] 2010
Connecticut Andrew J. McDonald [3] 2013
Hawaii Sabrina McKenna [4] 2011
Massachusetts Barbara Lenk [5] 2011
Minnesota Margaret Chutich [6] 2016
Oregon Rives Kistler [1] 2003
Oregon Lynn Nakamoto [7] 2016
Vermont Beth Robinson [8] 2011
Washington Mary Yu [9] 2014

Former LGBT state supreme court justices

State Justice Began service Ended service
Oregon Virginia Linder [10] 2007 2016

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Amid debate over rights, number of gay judges rising". USA Today. October 17, 2006.
  2. ↑ "Ritter appoints Marquez to Colo. Supreme Court". KDVR. September 8, 2010.
  3. ↑ "County Fair: The Queering of Connecticut". Fairfield County Weekly. 28 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-28.
  4. ↑ Kobayashi, Ken (January 26, 2011). "McKenna is named to state's high court". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved March 9, 2011.
  5. ↑ Goodnough, Abby (April 4, 2011). "Lesbian Judge Chosen for Top Massachusetts Court". New York Times. Archived from the original on 11 April 2011. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
  6. ↑ Bakst, Brian (January 22, 2016). "Dayton MN Supreme Court pick is court's first openly gay justice". MPR News. Minnesota Public Radio. Retrieved January 22, 2016.
  7. ↑ Gay & Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest (GLAPN). "Openly LGBT elected in Oregon".
  8. ↑ "Vt. gov.'s high court nominee pushed civil unions, marriage law". Worcester Telegram & Gazette. October 21, 2011.
  9. ↑ Provenza, Nick (2 May 2014). "Assistant Metro Editor". Seattle Times. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
  10. ↑ "Political Notebook: Bisexual, lesbian politicians stump in SF". Bay Area Reporter. November 22, 2007. Retrieved December 28, 2009.
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