“Hawaii Gov. appoints gay judge” to Supreme Court

Honolulu Star Advertiser: “Sabrina Shizue McKenna, a longtime state judge and former University of Hawaii women’s basketball player who was born in Tokyo and raised by a single mother, was nominated to a 10-year term on the Hawaii Supreme Court yesterday . . . McKenna would be the first openly gay member of the Hawaii Supreme Court. McKenna’s sexual orientation was not brought up during the ceremonies, but she said that all judges bring to the bench their own personal experiences.”