Canada’s First Transgender Judge Appointed

Source: Globe and Mail -NationalCanada’s first transgender judge has been appointed to provincial court in Manitoba. Kael McKenzie, a Crown attorney from Winnipeg, was officially designated a judge on Dec. 17 and will begin his new job immediately. With his appointment to provincial court, Mr. McKenzie becomes the third openly trans judge now practising in North America. The first, Victoria Kolakowski, of Alameda County, Calif., was appointed in 2010.