Transmissions: A step in the rights direction
Published 12/15/2011
by Gwendolyn Ann Smith
http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=6301 (http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=6301)
Vandy Beth Glenn, a transgender woman from Georgia, had been working as a proofreader and editor in that state's Office of Legislative Counsel. Two years into her employment, in 2007, Glenn went to her supervisor to inform her of the pending transition. Her supervisor then took this news to her boss, Legislative Counsel Sewell Brumby. Brumby then terminated Glenn's employment.
This story is likely not uncommon for many other transgender people out there. I still remember telling my employer about my own transition, all those years ago, and expecting that I'd soon be given my pink slip. Further, I suspect you'll find transgender people who have found employment hard to gain due to their gender identity, or even who have had to face troubled times at work after their gender identity or expression becomes the subject of so-called water cooler chatter.