El-Jai Devoureau was born physically female, but has identified as male for years. His driver's license and birth certificate (re-issued by the state of Georgia) also identify him as male. Mr. Devoureau was fired from his job as a monitor at a drug treatment center and told that only a man could monitor other men.
Michael Silverman of the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund says that this is the first employment case to deal with the question of the sex of a transgender person. New Jersey, where Mr. Devoureau worked at the treatment center, is one of a handful of states to ban discrimination based on transgender status.
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Michael Silverman of the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund says that this is the first employment case to deal with the question of the sex of a transgender person. New Jersey, where Mr. Devoureau worked at the treatment center, is one of a handful of states to ban discrimination based on transgender status.
New York Times
ABA Journal