Judge Steven Kirkland

09/01/2026

Statistics suggest someone you love is working through addiction and hopefully found recovery. It's September, so it is time to celebrate Month with them.

One way to celebrate, join Recovery People at the premier of Episode Three of Humanly Possible in Dallas on September 3. Other screenings are available across the state. Join us and celebrate.

Jason Howell is a person in long-term recovery from mental health and substance use issues. He has an MBA from Texas A&M University and is a Peer Recovery Specialist and state approved trainer. In addition to being the Executive Director of RecoveryPeople, Jason is a founding member and former Board...

07/25/2026

Among the fun gatherings of old friends at this years annual meeting of the International Association of LGBTQ Judges , our President Judge Amy Sakalaukus gave me her President’s Award for chairing our Strategic Planning Committee. It feels strange to get an award for convening regular meetings with friends who do the real work, but it is nice to be thanked!

07/22/2026

This year's class photo...

Last week, the Association held its annual Judicial Education Institute, hosted by the National LGBTQ+ Bar Association at its Lavender Law conference in Chicago, where we welcomed our judicial officer colleagues from around the world.

02/27/2026

Regardless of what you think about immigration, a wall in Big Bend makes no sense!

01/28/2026

Yesterday i was traveling so I didn't get to post this on the International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Traveling in Central Europe last spring, I continue trying to process the many sights and experience of that trip - a trip that was not planned or aimed at remembrance, but where the impact of the holocaust was inescapable. The cruelty scope and impact of the Shoah as well as the many previous pograms and restrictions on Jews is also hard to describe. These are a few of the photos of memorials and monuments along the way - from the memorials in Budapest, Vienna Bratislava and Prague, to the cemeteries in Mikulov and Prague, to the propaganda artwork drawn by children in the N**i camps on display in Prague, and the plaques in the streets and buildings marking places where Jewish families were driven from their homes and sent to ex*****on camps.