Congress learns ABCs of transgender bias
http://www.madison.com/tct/opinion/column/293986
7/1/2008
"To transgender Americans, Diane Schroer's story is all too familiar. No federal law prohibits firing or not hiring someone who bravely decides to transition away from their birth gender.
But, in a historic first, Congress heard June 26 from Schroer and other transgender Americans about how honesty often leads to a lost career, homelessness and even suicide. "Hero to zero," Schroer aptly calls her experience."