Legal Opinion
Schroer v. Billington
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided September 19, 2008No. Civil Action 05-1090 (JR)PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
JAMES ROBERTSON, District Judge.
Diane Schroer claims that she was denied employment by the Librarian of Congress because of sex, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2(a)(l). Evidence was taken in a bench trial on August 19-22, 2008. Facts
Diane Schroer is a male-to-female transsexual. Although born male, Schroer has a female gender identity — an internal, psychological sense of herself as a woman. Tr. at 37. In August 2004, before she changed her legal name or began presenting as a woman, Schroer applied for the…
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