List of LGBT state supreme court justices

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Below is a list of the names of the LGBT persons who have served on the highest court of a state or territory in the United States.

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The first state with a LGBT justice was Oregon, where Rives Kistler was named to the bench in 2003. [1] The first U.S. territory with a LGBT justice was Guam, where Benjamin Cruz was appointed in 1997. [2] There are currently eleven LGBT state supreme court justices, serving in ten states.

In U.S. states

OrderStateJusticeRefService as justiceAs chief justice
1 Oregon Rives Kistler [1] 2003–2018
2Oregon Virginia Linder [3] 2007–2016
3 Colorado Monica Márquez [4] 2010–present
4 Hawaii Sabrina McKenna [5] 2011–present
5 Massachusetts Barbara Lenk [6] 2011–2020
6 Vermont Beth Robinson [7] 2011–present
7 Connecticut Andrew J. McDonald [8] 2013–present
8 Washington Mary Yu [9] 2014–present
9Oregon Lynn Nakamoto [10] 2016–present
10 Minnesota Margaret Chutich [11] 2016–present
11 Nevada Lidia Stiglich [12] 2016–present
12Massachusetts Elspeth B. Cypher [13] 2017–present
13 New York Paul Feinman [14] [15] 2017–2021
14Washington G. Helen Whitener [16] 2020–present
15 California Martin Jenkins [17] 2020–present

In U.S. territories

OrderTerritoryJusticeRefService as justiceAs chief justice
1 Guam Benjamin Cruz [2] 1997–20011999–2001
2 Puerto Rico Maite Oronoz Rodríguez [18] 2014–present2016–present

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