Deborah Batts, the natn's first openly gay feral judge, di at 72 | CNN

Contents:

• DONALD TMP'S FIRST OPENLY GAY JUDICIAL NOMEE WAS JT APPROVED BY THE SENATE. HERE'S WHY LGBT GROUPS AREN'T THRILLED
• DEBORAH BATTS, THE NATN’S FIRST OPENLY GAY FERAL JUDGE, DI AT 72
• 1ST OPENLY GAY FERAL JUDGE AD AT 72
• SENATE CONFIRMS NATN’S FIRST OPENLY-GAY FERAL APPELLATE JUDGE
• SENATE NFIRMS TWO OPENLY GAY, BLACK JUDG TO FERAL BENCH

DONALD TMP'S FIRST OPENLY GAY JUDICIAL NOMEE WAS JT APPROVED BY THE SENATE. HERE'S WHY LGBT GROUPS AREN'T THRILLED

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Only 14 out of 870 feral judghips are held by openly gay or lbian judg (cludg Robson), add, and there has never been an openly bisexual or transgenr judicial nomee.

District Judge Julian Abele Cook 's a member of the Gay and Lbian Bar Associatn and has done pro bono for Lambda Legal, a nonprof LGBT legal aid group. Tmp put up gay nservative Patrick Bumatay for the 9th Circu San Francis 2018.

DEBORAH BATTS, THE NATN’S FIRST OPENLY GAY FERAL JUDGE, DI AT 72

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Deborah Batts, the natn’s first openly gay member of the feral judiciary, has died.

1ST OPENLY GAY FERAL JUDGE AD AT 72

Febary 3, 2020, 4:14 PMThe first openly gay judge appoted to a U.

SENATE CONFIRMS NATN’S FIRST OPENLY-GAY FERAL APPELLATE JUDGE

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The Human Rights Campaign is Ameri's largt civil rights anizatn workg to achieve lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr equaly. Slowly but surely, the feral judiciary is beg more Tuday, lawmakers nfirmed two openly gay, black judicial nome, brgg the total number of openly gay feral judg past the double-dig mark. There are currently 10 openly gay judg stg on the feral bench, all of whom were appoted by Print a unanimo vote of 97-0, the U.

SENATE NFIRMS TWO OPENLY GAY, BLACK JUDG TO FERAL BENCH

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"There are 870 feral judghips, but only 13 -- now 14 -- are held by openly gay or lbian judg.