Job Seeker Who Changed Her Gender Goes to Court

[MountainLaurel]

Job offer was rescinded after she revealed she would be transitioning from M to F.

Diane Schroer, a 52-year-old former Army Special Forces commander, testified yesterday in federal court that she was "disappointed and dismayed" when an official at the Library of Congress rescinded a job offer even though she was the star candidate.

The offer, for a job as a terrorism research analyst, was pulled the day after Schroer told her future boss that she was making the medical transition from being a man, David, to being a woman, Diane.

"I honestly felt a little surprised and shocked," Schroer testified during the first day of the trial in her discrimination lawsuit against the Library of Congress. Choking back tears, Schroer added that "every day, I wish the phone rang and they said, 'We made a mistake.' "

Schroer, who has completed the medical process of becoming a woman, is pursuing a sex discrimination case against the Library of Congress under the Civil Rights Act. The bench trial before U.S. District Judge James Robertson is expected to last about a week, and a ruling might not come until well after that, while the judge considers the facts of the case, as well as arguments over the reach of the law.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/19/AR2008081902953.html

[qb]

1. That is appalling. I hope she wins a reinstatement, or barring that, a big settlement. nt

[One_Life_To_Give]

2. 4yrs for her day in court?

One injustice is bad enough. But dragging this out for going on four years is an injustice in and of itself. Glad she has her own consulting buisiness down doing research for DOD and USCG. Hope the court makes an award that will send a strong message that this shit don't fly.

[freestyle]

3. This is why an inclusive ENDA needs to be passed.

Right now, transgender (and gay, lesbian, and bisexual)people have no legal protections at the federal level, and the court will probably rule against her based on that. A major civil rights push early in the Obama administration must be passage and signature of an employment non-discrimination act that includes sexual orientation and gender identity and expression.