Commentary: The federal bench has a staggering lack of LGBTQ judges
by Brad Sears, Los Angeles Times
Oct 29, 2021
3 minutes
Today in California, where about 100 judges preside in federal trial and appellate courts, just two are openly LGBTQ. LGBTQ Californians make up over 5% of the state’s adult population and over 11% of the state’s youth. Yet there is only one openly LGBTQ judge among the state’s 74 federal district court judges and only one among the 9th Circuit’s 29 active appellate judges. It’s time for our two senators and
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