Transgender Woman Will Likely Get Her Job Back After Being Fired

Per the article, Judges Rosemary Barkett and Bill Pryor stated that U.S. Supreme Court precedents seem to be in support of the finding from a lower court judge; Glenn had been sexually discriminated against.

Pryor was quoted as saying to Richard Sheinis, an attorney representing the state of Georgia: “We have direct evidence of intentional discrimination, it seems to me. You can't discriminate against someone because they don't behave the way you expect them to behave because of their sex.”


In addition, Barkett told Sheinis again and again she was unable to understand the basis for the state's arguments.

In 2010, U.S. District Judge Richard Story ruled Glenn had been discriminated against because of her sex. In that ruling, Story stated Glenn would be able to get her job back. However, pending the outcome of the state's appeal, the decision was stayed.

In October 2005, Glenn was hired as a legislative editor. At that time, she presented herself as a man, going by the name of Glenn Morrison. When, two years later, she informed the head of the Office of Legislative Counsel, Sewell Brumby, that she was planning the transition from man to woman, he fired Glenn.

Barkett was quoted as having said of Brumby: “No one complained but him,” in reference to the other members of the legislative counsel staff.

Glenn was quoted as having said: “I felt it went very well. It took a long time to get here.”

Gregory Nevins of the Lambda Legal Defense and Educational Fund represented her.

According to information at the organization's website, Lambda Legal, founded in 1973, is the oldest and biggest national legal organization whose mission it is to safeguard and advance the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people as well as those with HIV via impact litigation, education and policy work.

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