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The ruling came in a lawsuit filed in 2005 by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of Diane Schroer after she was denied a job as a terrorism research analyst at the Library of Congress's Congressional Research Service.
'It is especially gratifying that the court has ruled that discriminating against someone for transitioning is illegal,' Schroer, 52, of Alexandria, said in a statement released by the ACLU. 'I knew all along that the 25 years of experience I gained defending our country didn't disappear when I transitioned, so it was hard to understand why I was being turned down for a job doing what I do best.'
U.S. District Judge James Robertson found that officials at the Library of Congress had no legitimate reason to deny Schroer the job and said their decision violated the Civil Rights Act's prohibition against sex discrimination.
'Schroer's case indeed rests on direct evidence, and compelling evidence, that the Library's hiring decision was infected by sex stereotypes,' Robertson wrote.
Robertson compared Schroer's plight to that of someone denied a job because she was converting from Christianity to Judaism.
Schroer is a former U.S

Pop star Britney Spears will return to court next month to revisit her ongoing illegal driving case.
The trial was originally scheduled to begin in January but a Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled in favor of the star's conservatorship attorneys, who charged she was incapable of issuing a deposition at the time due to much-publicized health issues.
Judge T.K. Herman issued the renewed trial date on Thursday, calling on the singer to reappear in court on October 15.
The hearing relates to an incident in August 2007, when Spears scraped a parked car in a private parking lot in California's San Fernando Valley while driving without a valid license.
The hit-and-run charge, which was caught on camera, was dismissed in court in October after Spears offered a personal apology and $1,000 in compensation to the other vehicle's owner, Kim Robard-Rifkin.
But the troubled star is still facing a charge of driving without a valid California driving license, because, at the time of the incident, she was only in possession of a permit from her native Louisiana

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