WANTED: OPENLY GAY LAWYERS-- The Miami Herald, http://www.miamiherald.com, July 8, 2007.

 The number of openly gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender lawyers increased by more than 50 percent from 2002 to 2006, reports the National Association for Law Placement.  The nonprofit group, which uses data from about 700 large U.S. law firms, reported 1,733 openly gay lawyers in 2006, up from about 1,100 four years earlier. Openly gay lawyers represent 1.8 percent of associates and 1.1 percent of partners. Some prominent Florida attorneys are openly gay and some attorney have begun specializing ingay-family law. Large law firms in other parts of the country have also begun recruiting openly gay and lesbian attorneys, to diversify the firms.