Comments on: Hey, Library of Congress. Cut that shit out.

By: new hits Brand New

new hits Brand New — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:55:54 +0000

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Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:21:42 +0000

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By: Shelagh

Shelagh — Thu, 21 May 2009 07:59:10 +0000

Wow. While I am sure there are plenty of people who have never (knowingly) met a transgendered person, I clearly remember my dad telling me about the guy he worked with going through the entire gender reassignment process, starting with telling all his co-workers he would begin living as a woman. This was in the 1980s. And my mother, who was an HR specialist, knew back then that any discrimination based on gender reassignment would be illegal. And there was none.

How the hell does this happen nearly 30 years later in a public institution? This is horrible evidence of terribly poor judgement on the part of the prospective supervisor. Anyone with true concerns over ‘security’ would obviously go directly to HR, who would promptly tell them to STFU about the issue. Especially after the job offer had been made. Sooooo clearly illegal.

But hell, if we can afford to toss arabic translation experts out of the military, who are coincidentally gay, why would we need a transgendered woman at the LOC working on terrorism? That would be icky! :\

By: Amy Ranger

Amy Ranger — Sun, 17 May 2009 00:07:15 +0000

Elisa said it could’ve happened anywhere, but, ya know, it didn’t. It happened at the LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, damn it.

Erica, your essay is brilliant and enlightening. Thank you for bringing this to the attention of librarians across the U.S.

Sometimes it seems that people have forgotten about those documents in the National Archives in which the “Founding Fathers” discussed “equality” and “justice for all”. At any rate, who ever it was that decided against hiring Diane Schroer, well, I hope that person (or persons) is no longer in a decision-making position at LC. Obviously retraining is necessary for someone.

By: Elisa

Elisa — Wed, 13 May 2009 20:54:20 +0000

This could’ve happened anywhere.

By: jane doe

jane doe — Mon, 11 May 2009 17:15:48 +0000

hey, it’s not like they knew it would cost $500,000 of our tax dollars to not hire her. (hope avengers love, love, love paying $500,000 in federal taxes for this, btw, ’cause what happens when government pays is that WE pay in our taxes. plus interest on account of the deficit).

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Sat, 09 May 2009 15:25:14 +0000

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By: BWS Johnson

BWS Johnson — Fri, 08 May 2009 11:23:23 +0000

I am *shocked* SHOCKED that LOC would lose 500k over antiquated worldviews or would harm someone’s feelings by clinging to convention. Oh no wait, strike that whole shocked part…

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By: Nate

Nate — Tue, 05 May 2009 13:53:33 +0000

I don’t mean this to be snarky and mean, but truthful: I guess its possible that bad judgment in one area (“she [he, really] was becoming a woman”) does not necessarily translate to bad judgment in another.

Of course, sadly, I know that this will be seen as being mean, insensitive, and uninformed.