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Diane Schroer on Transgender Discrimination

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Producer(s)	Joel P. Engardio
Director(s)	Joel P. Engardio
Release Date	2007
Work In Progress	n
Runtime	4:19 min
Youth Media	n
Educational Materials	Yes

Film Description

Members of the House of Representatives recently threatened to hold a vote on a bill that would cut from the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) the people who most need its protections. There is no better example of the reason we need a transgender-inclusive ENDA than Diane Schroer, a highly-decorated veteran. 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accepted the position, but when she told her future supervisor that she was in the process of gender transition, they rescinded the job offer.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. Watch Diane Schroer’s story and learn why we need an ENDA that prohibits gender identity discrimination.

Camera/Sound: Andy Abrahams Wilson
Editor: Carl Weichert
Music: Stephen Thomas Cavit

Official Site	http://www.aclu.org/lgbt/discrim/32107leg20071009.html
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Last Updated On:	May 21, 2012