{{short description|American judge}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | name = Rand Schrader | image_size = | caption = | office = Judge of the Los Angeles Municipal Court | term_start = 1980 | term_end = April 1993 | nominator = | appointer = Jerry Brown | predecessor = | successor = | office2 = | term_start2 = | term_end2 = | nominator2 = | appointer2 = | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1945|05|11}} | birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1993|06|13|1945|05|11}} | death_place = Century City, California, U.S. | alma_mater = University of California, Berkeley<br/>UCLA School of Law | partner = David Bohnett }}

'''Rand Schrader''' (May 11, 1945 &ndash; June 13, 1993) was an American AIDS and gay rights activist who also served as a judge of the Los Angeles Municipal Court.

==Early life and education== Schrader was born in Los Angeles, California.<ref name=nytimes_19930615>[https://www.nytimes.com/1993/06/15/obituaries/rand-schrader-judge-and-gay-advocate-48.html Obituaries: Rand Schrader, Judge And Gay Advocate, 48], ''The New York Times'' (June 15, 1993).</ref> He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley and then from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law in 1973.<ref name=latimes_19911125>Tracy Wilkinson, [http://www.aegis.org/news/lt/1991/LT911129.html Municipal Court Judge Faces Challenge of AIDS - Disease] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813042722/http://www.aegis.org/news/lt/1991/LT911129.html |date=2011-08-13 }}, ''The Los Angeles Times'' (November 25, 1991).</ref>

==Professional career and judicial service== After graduating from law school, Schrader was hired by Los Angeles City Attorney Burt Pines.<ref name=nytimes_19930615/> He was the first openly gay staffer to work in the Los Angeles City Attorney's office.<ref name=latimes_19911125/>

In 1980, Schrader was appointed to the Los Angeles Municipal Court by Governor Jerry Brown.<ref name=nytimes_19930615/> Schrader was recommended to Brown by gay rights activist Sheldon Andelson.<ref name=latimes_19911125/> Schrader served on the bench until April 1993.<ref name=nytimes_19930615/>

==AIDS-related advocacy and death== Los Angeles County Supervisor Ed Edelman appointed Schrader to the Los Angeles County AIDS Commission when it was established in 1987.<ref name=latimes_19911125/> Schrader served as chairman of the commission from 1989 to 1991.<ref name=latimes_19911125/>

In 1991, Schrader announced that he had been recently diagnosed with AIDS.<ref name=latimes_19911125/> He disclosed that he had tested positive for HIV in 1989 and had developed pneumocystis pneumonia in October 1991.<ref name=latimes_19911125/> Schrader went public with his diagnosis in an attempt increase AIDS awareness and to combat discrimination and misinformation associated with AIDS.<ref name=latimes_19911125/>

Schrader died from AIDS-related complications on June 13, 1993, in Century City, California.<ref name=nytimes_19930615/>

Shortly before his death, in May 1993, the 5P21 HIV/AIDS clinic at Los Angeles County – USC Medical Center was named in honor of him.<ref name=latimes_19930515>[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-05-15-me-35637-story.html Los Angeles Clinic Named for AIDS Activist Rand Schrader], ''The Los Angeles Times'' (May 15, 1993).</ref> Schrader had previously advocated for the establishment of the clinic.<ref name=nytimes_19930615/><ref name=latimes_19930515/>

==Personal== Schrader's long-time partner was entrepreneur David Bohnett, who after Schrader's death used his own entire life savings and the $386,000 benefits from Schrader's life insurance to create the pioneering website GeoCities.<ref name=laweekly_19991124>Michael Kearns, [http://www.laweekly.com/1999-12-02/art-books/out-on-the-web/ Out on the Web] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615044506/http://www.laweekly.com/1999-12-02/art-books/out-on-the-web/ |date=2011-06-15 }}, ''LA Weekly'' (November 24, 1999).</ref> At the time of Schrader's death, they had been partnered for 10 years.<ref name=laweekly_19991124/>

== See also == * List of LGBT jurists in the United States

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20151208072700/https://www.frontiersmedia.com/frontiers-blog/2015/12/02/david-bohnett-and-rand-schrader-the-love-story-that-defied-aids-and-homophobia-videos/ "David Bohnett and Rand Schrader: The Love Story That Defied AIDS and Homophobia"]. ''Frontiers'' (2015) *[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-06-14-me-3011-story.html Obituary in the ''Los Angeles Times'']

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