Posted on 29 December 2011
Tags: gay judge, Vermont
MONTPELIER, VT – The state of Vermont has elevated its first openly-gay justice to its highest court.
Supreme Court Justice Beth Robinson replaces retiring Justice Denise Johnson. Robinson,46, a former marriage-equality activist said, “I’m humbled by the confidence that Governor [Peter] Shumlin has placed in me, and deeply grateful both for the opportunity I’ve had to serve his administration these past 10 months, and for the chance to serve Vermont’s judiciary in the years to come.”
Posted on 12 May 2011
Tags: barbara lenk, gay judge, Massachusetts
BOSTON, MA – Barbara A. Lenk has become the first openly gay justice on the Massachusetts Supreme Court. Previously, Lenk had been sitting on the state’s appeals court.
The Governor’s Council confirmed Lenk on a 5-3 vote. She is Governor Deval Patrick’s fourth appointment to the seven-member court which issued the landmark 2003 ruling that made Massachusetts the first state to legalize same-sex marriage.
