Judge Lloyd: Judge and Self-Edited Details

judge lloyd: I don't know myself of anyone else who is self identifying as gay or lesbian on the bench but I could be wrong, said Judge Julie Lloyd in an interview in the judges' boardroom at the provincial courthouse, according to CBC. Alberta's department of justice won't confirm if Judge Lloyd is the only openly gay judge in Alberta, saying only that it doesn't track personal information about judges such as sexual orientation or sexual identity. She's also an openly gay Edmontonian and a longtime advocate of LGBTQ rights, who as a lawyer was involved in some trailblazing cases for that community. Living with integrity It's been a long journey to becoming a judge for the woman who self-edited details about her sexual orientation as a young lawyer. Lloyd said she reached a point where she could no longer make those choices to hide who she was. It was self-editing I imposed on myself by deciding there were some parts of my experience that might impede my professional development or my professional trajectory, she said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.