The number of out judges on California state courts remained flat at an official count of 62 between 2019 and 2018. It marked the first time the ranks of LGBT people serving on the bench had not increased year-to-year since 2014.
That year, the number of LGBT judges had remained the same as the 41 listed in the demographic report for 2013. The Judicial Council of California first began reporting on the LGBT makeup of the Golden State's judges in 2012 due to a change in state law and found there