The nationwide debate over transgender rights is playing out on a personal level in a federal court lawsuit filed by a former Liberty University employee fired by the Christian school after disclosing her identity as a transgender woman.

The bitter nationwide debate over transgender rights is playing out on a very personal level in a federal court lawsuit filed in Virginia by a former Liberty University employee. She was fired by the evangelical Christian school after disclosing her identity as a transgender woman.

The lawsuit on behalf of Ellenor Zinski was filed in July by the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia and the Richmond law firm of Butler Curwood. It alleges that she was fired last year from her job on Liberty’s Information Technology help desk solely because of her gender identify, in violation of the U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Earlier this month, the conservative legal organization Liberty Counsel filed a brief on behalf of the university asking the federal district court to dismiss the lawsuit. The brief contends that the Civil Rights Act explicitly permits religious educational institutions to make employment decisions consistent with their religious doctrine — in this case a doctrinal statement asserting that “denial of birth sex by self-identification with a different gender” is sinful.

  • Phoenixz
    30•1 month ago

    You just gotta love that this place is called “liberty”, a place where you’re free to do whatever you want as look as you only do the things a tiny group of people allow you to do.

    The one thing that really REALLY disgusts me beyond anything is just the sheer hypocrisy on the right / conservative side. They break all the rules, they commit all the crimes, and immediately turn around and accuse the “other side” of doing exactly what they just did, and then call themselves “liberty” or " law abiding" or some shit like that. It soooo grinds my gears…

    If you’re going to be evil, then at least fucking own it. At least call yourself a dictator, at least call yourself a religious terrorist. Say what you want about al Qaeda, but at least they know they’re evil and they don’t pretend to be a loving sweet group of happy campers.

    • @[email protected]
      12•1 month ago

      Say what you want about al Qaeda, but at least they know they’re evil

      I’m pretty sure they think they’re the good guys.

      Everybody is the hero in their own movie.