What Has Sex Got to Do With It, Ex-Man Asks Court: Ann Woolner
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&refer=columnist_woolner&sid=a2z2rMQDpY_EAnn Woolner
9/11/2008
In the meantime, it's worth noting that transgender people claiming
sex discrimination have won in federal court on a different ground.
They used a U.S. Supreme Court decision that says employers can't deny
jobs or pay because an employee fails to fit a sexual stereotype. Sex
change wasn't an issue.
In that case, a Price Waterhouse manager, Ann Hopkins, claimed she had
been passed over for partnership because she appeared too masculine.
``Walk more femininely, talk more femininely, dress more femininely,
wear make-up,'' one of the partners advised her.
