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Vermont Swears in its First Openly Lesbian State Supreme Court Justice.
Vermont swore in Beth Robinson, the state’s first openly lesbian Supreme Court justice on Monday. Robinson, 46, was a co-founder of the Vermont Freedom to Marry Task Force beginning in 1995 and was one of many who worked tirelessly to win the landmark 1999 case that made Vermont the first state to offer civil unions.
TracyEGilchrist
November 30 2011 1:59 PM EST
December 09 2022 9:12 AM EST
Vermont swore in Beth Robinson, the state’s first openly lesbian Supreme Court justice on Monday. Robinson, 46, was a co-founder of the Vermont Freedom to Marry Task Force beginning in 1995 and was one of many who worked tirelessly to win the landmark 1999 case that made Vermont the first state to offer civil unions, according to The New Civil Rights Movement.com.
Appointed by Governor Peter Shumlin in October, Robinson is technically an interim judge awaiting Senate confirmation. She is the sixth openly gay state Supreme Court justice.
Robinson and her partner Kym Boyman entered into a civil union in 2001 and were married in 2010.
Read more about Robinson here.
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