Fired When He Became a She

"I liked being part of the spinning wheels of government." Vandy Beth Glenn sits in her attorney's office, wearing a silk blouse, her hands clasped in her lap.

She's talking about the two years she worked at the state capitol, from 2005 to 2007, editing pending resolutions and legislation. When Glenn was hired, she was a man.

"When I was hired I had already been diagnosed with gender identity disorder." Glenn says from the time she was young, she felt like a woman, trapped in a man's body. So she began the process of transforming herself from a man into a woman, a process she says was supported by her supervisor and understood by her colleagues.

In 2007, Glenn was living life as a woman, except during her job at the capitol. He told his advisor he it was time to transition from man to woman at work and that's when Glenn says she was called in by her head boss, Georgia Legislative Counsel Sewell Brumby.

"He asked me to confirm that I had formed a fixed intention to become a woman, that was the phrase he used, and I said yes. He said that can't appropriately happen in this workplace and he fired me."

Glenn filed a federal lawsuit. She is represented by Greg Nevins with Lamba Legal. Nevins told 11 Alive, "

"As it turned out through discovery all the things that we said happened, happened, and there really isn't much of a dispute about that."

Indeed, in his deposition in May, Brumby said, "I think it's unsettling to think of someone dressed in women's clothing with male sexual organs inside that clothing." Brumby also said "I think some members of the legislature would view that taking place in our office as perhaps immoral, perhaps unnatural and perhaps, if you will, liberal, or ultra liberal.

Glenn is asking for her job back. She is not asking for any money. "I need to be made whole and I don't like to see injustice win."

As Glenn awaits a judge's decision, she is finally living a life she feels she was always meant to live.

"I feel good. I feel comfortable in my skin in a way that I never did before.

The evidenced is before a judge. A ruling could come within months.

11 Alive called Sewell Brumby's office and left messages for him. Brumby has not returned 11 Alive's call.