TSA Institutionalizes discrimination against trans folk
Submitted by Robyn on Sun, 03/06/2016 - 2:46pmThe Transportation Security Administration has identified the greatest danger to your travel: it's us transgender people.
TSA officials announced a new (and they say, final) rule that sets forth the discrimination we are due and you should be be safer with.
The rule implements the widespread use of body-scan technology which requires a TSA agent to choose a pink or blue button based on the perceived gender of the person traveling through U.S. airports. Transgender people, as a result of the policy’s gender bias, are stopped by TSA agents and forced to undergo pat downs and inspections of genital areas and chests.