States ruling backs worker in transgender firing dispute

RockyMountainNews.com – By Sara Burnett, Rocky Mountain News

A Greenwood Village business violated state anti-discrimination law when it fired an employee who was preparing to undergo sex-change surgery to become a woman, the Colorado Division of Civil Rights has found.

Intermountain Testing Co. officials and former worker Danielle Cornwell are scheduled to meet in October to discuss a resolution, Cornwell’s attorney, John Hummel, said Thursday.

Cornwell said she would not seek her job back. Hummel said such cases typically are resolved with a cash settlement.