GA Transgender woman gets job back; fired for being trans

[CurtEastPoint]

Source: Atlanta Journal/Constitution

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Vandy Beth Glenn, fired from her job as legislative editor for the Georgia General Assembly, should be reinstated immediately, though her return date remains uncertain.

Vandy Beth Glenn was fired from her job with the Georgia General Assembly for being transgendered. A federal judge ruled Monday that she should be reinstated immediately.

U.S. District Court Judge Richard Story agreed to hold a hearing on Friday in which the defense is expected to request that Glenn be kept from the office until an appeal of her victorious sexual discrimination suit against the state is decided. Glenn, terminated nearly three years ago after announcing she was transitioning from a man to a woman, would be compensated regardless.

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Read more: http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/transgender-woman-fired-by-584109.html

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Legislative Counsel Sewell Brumby fired her for being transgender. Sewell Brumby. WTF?

More info at http://www.thegavoice.com/index.php/news/georgia-news-menu/821-judge-orders-trans-woman-reinstated-to-job-at-general-assembly

[Smashcut]

1. what is with these conservative douche names

Sewell Brumby
Saxby Chambliss
Trendleback Fishtybuns (ok, I took that from an Eddie Izzard routine)

EDIT: Good for Judge Richard Story, too.

[nosmokes]

2. Meanwhile, a transgender woman was denied treatment at an Indiana hospital.

I simply don't know WTF is wrong w/ some people.

http://www.365gay.com/news/transgender-woman-denied-treatment-at-indiana-hospital/

[Dogtown]

3. K&R n/t

[sgsmith]

4. But, she's not good enough to be at the office

http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/transgender-employee-rehired-but-586870.html

Vandy Beth Glenn has her job back -- with salary, benefits and seniority -- but she won't be returning to work.

An agreement reached Friday mandates the reinstatement of the transgender legislative editor for the Georgia General Assembly, fired nearly thee years ago after disclosing she was transitioning from a man. But Glenn's employer preferred she earn her paycheck from home, arguing that her presence in the office would be disruptive. Though she won't be working, Glenn will be fully compensated.

"There are a lot of factors going on," said Glenn's attorney, Greg Nevins. "At the end of the day, it was an offer worth taking."

Attorneys for Sewell Brumby, who fired Glenn, requested the arrangement in lieu of their appeal of Judge Richard Story's ruling last month that the transgender editor was a victim of sexual discrimination. Brumby is once again her boss, technically.

"I think there was probably some discomfort for everybody considering the appeal," Nevins told the AJC.

The arrangement stands until there's a ruling on that appeal, which could be years away, Nevins said.

Glenn, hired as Glenn Morrison in 2005, was later diagnosed with Gender Identity Disorder, a psychiatric classification for people in conflict with their biological sex.

“It makes me think about things I don’t like to think about, particularly at work … I think it’s unsettling to think of someone dressed in women’s clothing with male sexual organs inside that clothing,” Brumby said in a deposition taken last year.

[Chicago dyke]

5. "i think it's unsettling."

i mean, what do those crucifixes all over people's desks and necklaces *really* mean? these people are worshipping a zombie, and drinking its blood sometimes! one fathered by a ghost! isn't that just like Satanism, or voodoo? i think anyone who openly wears one should be fired. i mean, i have a right not to be unsettled at work, don't i?

/dripping sarcasm thingee/

[JustAnotherGen]

6. Good for her!

And very sad about the woman in Indiana. :-(