The Library of Congress is being sued because it offered a key job as terrorism research analyst to Diane Schroer, then rescinded the offer, because Schroer is transgender. On last night's Countdown on MSNBC, . Schroer, who was hand picked after 9/11 to run a 120-person operation fighting terrorism, was suddenly considered no longer a 鈥済ood fit鈥 for a job helping Congress fight terrorism when she notified her future boss that she was in the process of transitioning from male to female.
Yesterday, Matt Coles, Director of the 老澳门开奖结果's LGBT and AIDS Project, blogged about the first day of Diane's trial. You can also learn more about Diane's story from our video profile.