Phyllis Randolph Frye

Phyllis Randolph Frye is an Associate Judge for the City of Houston Municipal Courts. Frye is the first transgender judge in Texas, appointed in 2010 by Houston mayor Annise Parker. Her appointment was publicly opposed by the Houston Area Pastoral Council and other local pastors, but Mayor Parker expressed admiration for Frye, citing the new judge's long experience as a trial attorney. The Houston City Council unanimously approved of her appointment Born as Phillip Frye, she is an Eagle Scout and was a member of the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps. Frye graduated from Texas A&M University. While at Texas A&M, Frye was a member of the University's Corps of Cadets, belonged to the Texas A&M Singing Cadets and got married.