Court rules anti-trans employment discrimination is unconstitutional

Employment discrimination because of transgender status is sex-based bias and therefore impermissible, according to a three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which ruled unanimously in favor of a Georgia state employee, Vandy Beth Glenn (left), who was fired from her job because she had chosen to transition from man to woman. 

"An individual cannot be punished because of his or her perceived gender-nonconformity," one judge wrote.