Anne King
As Peter Dunne pointed out in his post last week, December 2011 has seen several significant milestones for LGBT rights, both in the US and internationally.
Count among those events the December 6 opinion by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Glenn v. Brumby, which held that discriminating against someone on the basis of his or her gender non-conformity is sex discrimination under the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution.
Vandiver Glenn was a state government employee fired after informing her supervisor she was transitioning from male to female. (She had been diagnosed with gender identity disorder and had started the process of transitioning several years previously.) The reason given for termination was that Glenn’s gender transition was “inappropriate,” “a moral issue,” and “would make coworkers uncomfortable.” [Read more…] about 11th Circuit Decision is a Landmark for LGBT Workplace Rights — And Shows That Equal Protection Sex Discrimination Doctrine is Still Alive and Well