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Family Profiles

Nicole Berner, Senate Judiciary Hearing, December 13, 2023

Nicole Berner Is 2nd Lesbian Mom Confirmed to Federal Bench This Month

Lesbian moms. We’re judging you. At least some of us are, with Nicole Berner confirmed by the Senate Tuesday to a seat on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, joining Melissa DuBose, another lesbian mom who was confirmed last week to a U.S. District Court seat.

Melissa DuBose, Senate Judiciary Hearing, February 8, 2024.

Judge (and Lesbian Mom) Melissa DuBose Confirmed to Federal Bench

Judge Melissa DuBose was confirmed Tuesday as a federal judge for the District of Rhode Island, making her the state’s first Black and first out LGBTQ federal judge, and marking the 100th time a Black woman was confirmed to a lifetime federal judiciary appointment. She and her partner of over 20 years have two sons.

Cheri A. Pies. Photo courtesy of UC Berkeley School of Public Health

In Memoriam: Dr. Cheri A. Pies, Author of Classic Book on Lesbian Parenthood

Dr. Cheri A. Pies, whose 1985 book, Considering Parenthood: A Workbook for Lesbians, helped innumerable queer women become parents during the “gayby boom” of the 1980s, died from cancer on July 4 at the age of 73. If you don’t know her name yet, you should; in many ways, all of us queer parents who came after have benefited from her work, whether we know it or not.

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