Breaking: Court Rules In Diane Schroer's Favor
by: Autumn Sandeen
Fri Sep 19, 2008 at 14:47:34 PM EDT
http://pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=7664E6860872123FCEEA08CC2C03CDD7?diaryId=7093For those who don't remember, Diane Schroer was told she was going to be hired by the U.S. Library Of Congress, and saw the decision to employ her rescinded after she told her hiring agent she was going to transition from male-to-female in the workplace.
From the ruling of United States District Judge James Robertson:
After hearing the evidence presented at trial, I conclude that Schroer was discriminated against because of sex in violation of Title VII. The reasons for that conclusion are set forth below, in two parts. First, I explain why, as a factual matter, several of the Library's stated reasons for refusing to hire Schroer were not its "true reasons, but were pretext
for discrimination," Tex. Dep't of Cmty. Affairs v. Burdine, 450 U.S. 248, 253 (1981). Second, I explain why the Library's conduct, whether viewed as sex stereotyping or as discrimination literally "because of . . . sex," violated Title VII.
