A Texas judge said she was forced to remove a rainbow pride flag displayed in her courtroom after a local defense lawyer filed a complaint with the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, which investigates allegations of judicial misconduct.
Judge Rosie Speedlin Gonzalez, an out lesbian, said the agency ordered her to also remove a pen, eyeglasses and a mouse pad with rainbow patterns, along with a serape, a colorful traditional Mexican cloth. “It felt like they were trying to shame me and bully