Whitener is 1st Black Gay Disabled Immigrant Justice

 Grace Helen Whitener Becomes 1st Black Gay Disabled Immigrant Justice to Serve on Washington State Supreme Court

Washington Governor Jay Inslee appointed Judge Grace Helen Whitener to the Washington State Supreme Court this April. Whitener, who is originally from Trinidad, gay, and has a disability, also became Washington’s first black immigrant state justice. To quote her: Being a black, gay, female, immigrant, disabled judge … my perspective is a little different. According […] Read more here.