Did you know, on 1.16.2014 President Obama nominated an openly lesbian judge, Staci Yandle, for the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of Illinois?
"If confirmed, Yandle would not only become the first openly gay judge on a court within the Seventh Circuit (which covers Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin), but she would also be the first African American judge to serve in the Southern District of Illinois. Yandle will bring decades of experience in civil litigation as well public service."
The Judge she will be replacing is vacating his seat in mid-May; hopefully the nomination gets confirmed.
Read the rest of the article on the Human Rights Campaign Blog.
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