Transsexual Veteran sues Library of Congress

[Ian David]

PlanetOut Network Thu Jun 2, 9:07 PM ET

SUMMARY: The ACLU filed a discrimination suit against the
Library of Congress on behalf of a transgender woman who lost out on a job after she announced she was transitioning to female.


The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a discrimination suit against the Library of Congress on behalf of a transgender woman whose job offer was withdrawn after she informed the library she was transitioning from male to female.

Diane Schroer, 49, a decorated veteran with 25 years of military service, recently accepted a job at the Library of Congress as a senior terrorism research analyst. After taking her future boss to lunch and explaining that she would present at work as a woman, she said the boss called the next day to say she was not a "good fit" for the library.

"After risking my life for more than 25 years for my country, I've been told I'm not worthy of the freedoms I worked so hard to protect," Schroer said. "All I'm asking is to be judged by my abilities rather than my gender.

The lawsuit was filed on Thursday in a federal court in Washington, D.C.

According to an ACLU profile of Schroer, she retired from the Army as a colonel last year, when she was known as David Schroer and before she came out as a transgender woman.

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