Transgender Va. Woman Wins Discrimination Lawsuit
By Del Quentin Wilber
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, September 20, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/19/AR2008091903437.htmlA federal judge ruled yesterday that a former special forces commander was discriminated against when officials at the Library of Congress revoked a job offer after learning she was transitioning from being a man to a woman.
The ruling came in a lawsuit filed in 2005 by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of Diane Schroer after she was denied a job as a terrorism research analyst at the Library of Congress's Congressional Research Service.
"It is especially gratifying that the court has ruled that discriminating against someone for transitioning is illegal," Schroer, 52, of Alexandria, said in a statement released by the ACLU. "I knew all along that the 25 years of experience I gained defending our country didn't disappear when I transitioned, so it was hard to understand why I was being turned down for a job doing what I do best."
