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Transsexual Wins Sex Discrimination Lawsuit Against Federal Government

By Donald W. Heyrich

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A former Army Special Forces commander who was denied a job as a terrorism analyst won a sex discrimination lawsuit against the federal government last week because he was in the process of changing genders.  U.S. District Judge James Robinson found that the Library of Congress discriminated against Diane (formerly David) Schroer  ???because of . . . sex??? after it learned Schroer was undergoing a sex change.  The judge ruled that the evidence showed that the Library of Congress was initially enthusiastic about Schroer, but revoked its offer of employment after learning of the sex change.   Advocates for the transgendered hailed the victory as a groundbreaking ruling that clearly establishes discrimination against the transgendered as sex discrimination under federal law.  A link to an article on the case appears here:

Full post as published by Washington Labor, Employment & Employee Benefits Law on September 24, 2008 (boomark / email).

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