Diane Schroer Awarded Almost $500,000

[Julie Marie]

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WASHINGTON, DC — A federal judge ruled that transgender veteran Diane Schroer is entitled to the maximum compensation for the discrimination she suffered after being refused a job with the Library of Congress. The American Civil Liberties Union brought a sex discrimination lawsuit on behalf of Schroer, a Special Forces veteran who retired after 25 years of service, when she was denied a job after announcing her intention to transition from male to female.

http://www.aclu.org/lgbt/transgender/39498prs20090429.html?s_src=RSS

This certainly is a big win for us and gives my case some real teeth.

Julie

[mickie88]

hooray for her!!! hope Diane doesn't spend it all in one place...

[Kaweah]

I hope the Justice Department doesn't appeal the ruling. 

[heatherrose]

This certainly is a big win for us and gives my case some real teeth.

I would venture to say, it could be considered a land mark ruling, another
arrow in the quiver in the struggle for equal rights protection. Though I am
reminded that in '82 after a four year extension of the deadline for the states
to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, after almost a decade, it fell short of
ratification by three states. Thirty eight state were required for the amendment
to become law of the land. Something just doesn't seem right that we could
possibly gain equal rights protection as "Transgenders" but not as women. As
far as I'm concerned I probably would be reaping what I've sown because I
was such a chovenistic ass when I was a man.



Julie, my best of wishes to you in your fight for justice.