Diane Schroer on Transgender Discrimination

Starting a new life and searching for a new career isn't easy, but Diane Schroer, a highly-decorated veteran, is no stranger to a challenge. A former Airborne Ranger qualified Special Forces officer, Schroer began taking steps to transition from male to female shortly after retiring as a Colonel after 25 years of distinguished service in the Army. When she interviewed for a job as a terrorism research analyst at the Library of Congress, she thought she'd found the perfect fit. Schroer accepted the position, but when she told her future supervisor that she was in the process of gender transition, they rescinded the job offer. The ACLU is now representing her in a Title VII sex discrimination lawsuit against the Library of Congress. This is Diane's story...

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• LGBT
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• Transgender
• Lesbian
• Gay
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• Discrimination

[oggasteen]

lol uh..u don't like being treated as a 2nd class citizen as a woman, but then u go n say such hurtful things about a transwoman, and in effect, make her out to be a second-class citizen.

it's like how men will never understand male privilege, simply bc we're not women. so u have privilege of being a cis-woman (mentally and physically female). the point is, whether or not we understand them (women,trans ppl, etc.), we should all sympathize with those who are unjustly discriminated against...

[tworag]

What! This is such BLATANT discrimination! This should be all over the news! Why isn't this in from on the Supreme Court? Equal Rights for all. I applaud you Diane for your courage.

[dogboneblues1971]

Diane Schroer won here case, which incidently has had VERY broad legal ramifications to ending gender discrimination the workplace.  I applaud her service and wish her success in the future.

[GBlues1]

Just because you take a some pills to grow some breasts, and have your want cut off, doesn't make you a woman. It makes you a.......gay man with no wang. Nuff said.

[Ford289HiPo]

Freaks.

[CASTLE309D]

@MrAnonymousarmy

obviously ignorance is at the top of your vocabulary.but ty for serving.

[CASTLE309D]

DISCRIMINATION happens every day ,esp for those not fulfilling someones idea of normal.We transgendered get it all the time. Only because we are different do we recieve such treatment.

For Diane,bravo to you,and stay strong

[glpainterwindstream]

Corporations will not hire you because they dont want prospective business partners to think they are some kind of freak like you

[MrAnonymousarmy]

What a freak!

[MrAnonymousarmy]

Freak!

[PhyllisMichelle]

@Diatonic135 There are plenty of straight heterosexuals out there that fit that description, that we don' t care to work with/live next door to also. Look around at your friends...