Ld as a “trailblazer,” Jtice Pl G. Feman beme the first openly gay judge nfirmed to the New York Court of Appeals.
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- PL FEMAN, FIRST OPENLY GAY JUDGE ON N.Y. HIGH COURT, DI AT 61
- FIRST OPENLY GAY JUDGE CONFIRMED FOR NEW YORK’S HIGHT COURT
- FIRED GAY JUDGE BREAKS SILENCE, PLEDG TO CONTUE ONLYFANS
- NEW YORK’S HIGHT URT WEL FIRST OPENLY GAY JUDGE
- FIRST OPENLY GAY JUDGE TAPPED TO LEAD NY APPEALS COURT
- NY JUDGE ACCED OF MAKG RACIST, ANTI-GAY REMARKS URT
- GROUNDBREAKG GAY JUDGE ON NEW YORK’S HIGHT COURT DI AT 61
PL FEMAN, FIRST OPENLY GAY JUDGE ON N.Y. HIGH COURT, DI AT 61
Feman, the first openly gay jurist to serve on New York State’s hight urt, the Court of Appeals, died on Wednday at a Manhattan hospal. “Certaly my entire reer has been about promotg equal accs and equal jtice for all, ” Judge Feman rpond, alludg to his own experience as a gay man, “and I hope I add to the diversy of perspectiv that the urt nsirs.
He was sworn on June 21, 2017, durg Gay Pri a statement after the ath, Governor Cuomo lled the judge a “iend and role mol to untls L. He beme so taken by French culture that he would take his niec and nephews to Paris on their 16th worked as a legal tern Upper Manhattan as a Columbia unrgrad, he attend the Universy of Mnota Law School on a full scholarship and helped found an associatn of gay stunts there. More about Sam RobertsA versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 19 of the New York edn wh the headle: Pl Feman, 61, Trailblazg Gay Appellate Judge.
Cuomo named the first openly gay judge to the New York Court of Appeals last week, the news thrilled gay rights advot, many of whom had been disappoted by the state’s hight had bter memori of the urt’s 2006 cisn Hernanz v. Feman, an associate jtice of the Appellate Divisn of the State Supreme Court Manhattan, to fill the seat left open by the ath of Judge Sheila Abd-Salaam April was a watershed for gay New Yorkers.
FIRST OPENLY GAY JUDGE CONFIRMED FOR NEW YORK’S HIGHT COURT
”“I n’t stop thkg back to 2006 when I argued the Hernanz se and we lost such a vastatg way, ” said Roberta Kaplan, a proment gay rights lawyer who has known Jtice Feman sce the late 1990s.
FIRED GAY JUDGE BREAKS SILENCE, PLEDG TO CONTUE ONLYFANS
“It was om this experience that I first me to tly appreciate how beg a lawyer is a helpg profsn and that helpg people n be a source of great satisfactn, ” he told the earned a full scholarship to the Universy of Mnota Law School, where he was a founr of an associatn of gay stunts.
Kaplan, the lawyer, law school, Jtice Feman anized gay stunts. He was active the gay rights movement New York Cy the 1990s, servg as the print of the L.
NEW YORK’S HIGHT URT WEL FIRST OPENLY GAY JUDGE
He threw out a lawsu that tried to block the velopment through a landmark signatn, sayg the firefighter who brought the actn lacked also ma wav 2007 when he took a stand agast the sealg of rerds civil s, even when both sis want to keep documents secret after a civil rights advot, however, Jtice Feman’s experienc as a gay man matter almost as much as his legal acumen.
FIRST OPENLY GAY JUDGE TAPPED TO LEAD NY APPEALS COURT
Person on the bench who brgs the life experienc, ” said San Sommer of the Lambda Legal Defense Fund, who has argued four gay rights s before the urt.
NY JUDGE ACCED OF MAKG RACIST, ANTI-GAY REMARKS URT
”A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 22 of the New York edn wh the headle: State Senators Confirm First Openly Gay Judge For New York’s Top Court. Feman beme the first openly gay judge nfirmed to the New York Court of Appeals.
Senator Brad Hoylman, one of five openly gay members of New York’s State Legislature who urged the ernor to appot an LGBT person to the Court of Appeals, lled the nfirmatn “an important perspective that has been missg on the urt. “It at a time when gay rights are unr asslt om Washgton, DC and LGBT people and their fai feel unr siege.
GROUNDBREAKG GAY JUDGE ON NEW YORK’S HIGHT COURT DI AT 61
Two of the seven ndidat remend to take the open seat were openly gay. Succeedg the first female pridg jtice of the same bench, the woman appoted Monday to lead an upstate New York appeals urt marks the first openly gay judge to hold the tle state history.