Deborah Batts, America’s first gay judge, dies at 72
Deborah Batts, the nation’s first openly gay member of America federal judiciary, has died. She was 72. Batts died in her sleep on Sunday, according to a news release from Fordham University, which described her as the school’s first African-American faculty member. The cause of death was unclear. Batts was sworn in as a judge […]
