Vandy Beth Glenn succeeds at federal appeal court

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http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-politics-elections/court-rules-in-favor-1252583.html

The federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled in favor of Vandy Beth Glenn, a transgender woman who was fired as a legislative editor at the General Assembly after she disclosed she was going to make the transition from man to woman.

A unanimous three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta issued its ruling just five days after hearing arguments in the appeal. It upheld a ruling last year by U.S. District Court Judge Richard Story, who said Glenn should be returned to her job because she was the victim of sex discrimination.

Judge Rosemary Barkett, writing for the 11th Circuit, said a government official engages in prohibited sex discrimination when he or she fires a transgender or transsexual employee because of his or her "gender non-conformity."

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