Ayala: Pride month reminded us that civil rights victories aren’t assured for the next generation
Judge Rosie Speedlin Gonz‡lez presiding puts on her robe before taking the bench of County Court-at-Law, No. 13 in the Cadena-Reeves Justice Center in San Antonio, Texas, on Dec. 19, 2019.Despite, or perhaps because of the events of the last month, Pride came right in time.The celebrations and remembrances were made all the more meaningful given the extremists’ threats to democracy and a far-right Supreme Court that reversed the rights of women to decide what happens to their own bodies.
In 2018, she was elected to Bexar County Court at Law No. 13, a misdemeanor-level Domestic Violence Court. She wasn’t the first LGBTQ judge to sit on the bench in Bexar County but was the first elected as an out, proud candidate. Both are outgrowths of the Texas Diversity Council. Angeles Valenciano, who’s based in San Antonio, serves as CEO of both.
She spoke of her family’s love for Pedro Infante and Duke Ellington, “I Love Lucy” and “La India Maria” — and her father’s insistence she and her brother speak perfect Spanish and her mother’s similar demand for perfect English.She said she didn’t recall any mentions of gay people growing up. “Although there were some mentions of women in our orbit who were ‘She spoke of experiences they likely shared. The process of coming out seemed “never ending” and one of constant fear.
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