thehill.com – By Crosby Burns and Jeff Krehely
Vandy Beth Glenn lost her job with the Georgia General Assembly when her boss fired her because she was transgender. Brooke Waits was gainfully employed in Dallas, Texas until her manager fired her immediately after seeing a picture on Brooke’s cell phone of Brooke and her girlfriend kissing on New Year’s Eve. And Officer Michael Carney was denied reinstatement as a police officer in Springfield, Massachusetts because he told his supervisors that he was gay.
Stories like these are not out of the ordinary. Far from it. In fact, they are commonplace for far too many gay and transgender workers in the United States.