Judge Alison Nathan LISA KEEN |. Keen News ServiceLisaKeen@mac.com President Biden on Wednesday, Nov.
17, nominated a second lesbian, Alison Nathan, to serve on the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. The U.S. Senate on Nov.
1 confirmed Biden’s first lesbian nominee to the Second Circuit: Beth Robinson of Vermont. The Second Circuit includes Vermont, New York, and Connecticut.
That confirmation marked the first time an openly LGBTQ woman had been appointed to a federal appeals circuit seat. On Nov. 17, the Biden administration announced the president is nominating current U.S.