Confirmation hearing for Martin Jenkins to Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court. (Photo: Jason Doiy/Commission on Judicial Appointments) An out gay judge has made history with his appointment to California’s Supreme Court. Martin Jenkins, who was nominated for the vacant seat on the state court by Governor Gavin Newsom last month, will be the
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Former NFL player Martin Jenkins is the first openly gay man to be nominated California’s highest court (Twitter/@gavinnewsom) Martin Jenkins, the man poised to become the first openly gay justice on the California Supreme Court served on the bench for decades without coming out to most friends and colleagues. Jenkins, 66, was appointed by governor