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Life
The first openly gay federal judge passed away at 72
Deborah Batts was a prosecutor and a law professor before Bill Clinton appointed her to the federal judiciary.
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News (USA)
Trump’s new judicial nominee thinks trans kids are ‘part of Satan’s plan’
He also advocated for “conversion therapy” – a banned practice that uses techniques like electroshock therapy and social isolation to “turn gay people straight.”
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News (USA)
Judge who ruled against ban on gays in military in 1993 dies at age 90
“It is fundamentally unjust to abort a most promising military career solely because of a truthful confession of a sexual preference different from that of the majority,” he wrote in 1993.