On this day in 2010: Phyllis Frye is appointed an associate Judge for the City of Houston, Texas. Frye was the first transgender judge appointed in the United States. On April 28 2013, Frye was presented with Lifetime Achievement Award by the Transgender Foundation of America. Speaking about being the first trans appointed judge in the US, Frye said: "You know how people introduce themselves when they’re speaking and they give their pronouns? Well, I say, ‘I’m Phyllis Frye and my pronouns are Ju