The federal appeals court in Atlanta has ruled in favor of a former Georgia state legislative aide who was fired amid her sex change.

Vandy Beth Glenn, who was formerly known as Glenn Morrison, said she was fired after telling her boss that she planned to proceed with her gender transition and would begin coming to work dressed as a woman.

She said she was told that would be seen as "immoral" by Georgia's lawmakers.

A unanimous three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta issued its ruling five days after hearing arguments in the appeal.

It upheld a lower court's ruling that Glenn was the victim of sex discrimination when she was fired amid a gender transition.

Tags: Vandy Beth Glenn, transgender, sex discrimination, Sewell Brumby, Georgia state legislative aide