Stephen Lachs
... that with his appointment to the Los Angeles Superior Court in 1979, Stephen Lachs was the first openly gay judge appointed in the United States?
... that with his appointment to the <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Los_Angeles_Superior_Court" id="mwE0w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Los Angeles Superior Court">Los Angeles Superior Court</a> in 1979, <b id="mwE00"><a href="./Stephen_Lachs" id="mwE04" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Stephen Lachs">Stephen Lachs</a></b> was the first <a href="./Coming_out" id="mwE08" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Coming out">openly gay</a> judge appointed in the United States?