ATLANTA, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Both sides appealed a federal judge's ruling in the firing of a Georgia state legislative aide after she said she was going to transition from male to female.
On Thursday, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals was to review the case of Vandy Beth Glenn, who said in a 2008 lawsuit she was fired as legislative editor after she told Sewell Brumby, head of the Office of Legislative Counsel, she would come to work dressed as a woman during the transition, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
Last year, U.S. District Judge Richard Story ruled Glenn was discriminated against on the basis of her sex, and the state appealed. However, Story rejected Glenn's claim that she was discriminated against because of her medical condition, and she appealed that decision.
Glenn was hired as a legislative editor in October 2005, presenting herself as a man named Glenn Morrison. Two years later, when she told Brumby that she intended to transition into being a woman, Brumby fired Glenn.
