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On Sat, 1 Oct 2022 18:53:10 -0000 (UTC), "Leroy N. Soetoro" <[email protected]> wrote:

https://news.yahoo.com/trans-woman-shares-horrible-tsa-131403126.html

A trans woman shared their �horrible� experience going through airport >security on TikTok, and it opened up a larger conversation about the >struggles trans people face on a regular basis.

Rosalynne Montoya identifies as a non-binary transgender woman. In March, >they were traveling to visit their boyfriend when they experienced an >embarrassing back-and-forth with a TSA agent.

�Can we talk about how horrible it is to travel while being transgender >sometimes?� Montoya said in the TikTok. �I always have immense anxiety >leading up to going through security.�

Even with their intense anxiety, Montoya also mentioned their �privilege�
of having all of their government documents correctly identify them as >female. Montoya was able to change their documents in Washington state,
which allows applicants to change the gender marker on their driver�s
license and birth certificate without documentation from a doctor or
court.

Unfortunately, the scanner at TSA checkpoints only has two settings.
Agents have a split-second to choose whether the next traveler entering
the scanner is male or female.

�Looking at me, you know, I look like a woman and I am a woman,� Montoya >explained. �But, going through the scanner, I always have an �anomaly� >between my legs that sets off the alarm. And so she (the TSA attendant)
asked me if I had anything in my pants, and I told her �no,� and she�s
like, �Well, maybe it�s just like the metal on your shorts, so let�s scan
you again.'�

Montoya set off the alarm again and had to explain to the agent that they
are trans and were willing to be patted down.

�Her solution was, �Do you want to be scanned as a man instead?� I didn�t. >But, I ended up doing it, and then my boobs set off the scanner because,
of course,� they continued. �So then she was like, �OK, well we have to
pat you down. Do you want a man to do it?� I said, �NO! Absolutely not.'�

Setting off the alarm three times in public as well as being misgendered >caused Montoya so much anxiety that they had to call their boyfriend >afterward to help them calm down.

�I felt dysphoric and disrespected, but remembered how much worse this >experience used to be,� they told BuzzFeed News in an interview.

Montoya went on to make the point that, again, they consider themselves
very privileged. Earlier in their transition, they experienced worse >treatment in airports.

�There needs to be training in all businesses about transgender people,�
they told BuzzFeed. �The TSA security machines should account for trans
and non-binary people. And the agents should understand that misgendering
me and outing me as a trans person in public could be potentially
dangerous.�

In a follow-up TikTok, Montoya went on to explain how the TSA can do
better.

�The true problem is a systemic problem,� they explained. �There is >transphobia rooted in every system of power in this nation. The root
solution is simply: believe transgender people when we tell you who we
are.�

�TSA needs to remove the gendered settings from their scanners,� they >continued. �They should also believe me when I tell them that I�m a trans >woman and that I don�t want to be pat down by a man or scanned as a man, >because I�m not one.�

�Gender is not relevant for flight safety,� a commenter agreed. �They can
do better and should.�

�[TSA] could have handled that better,� another wrote. �Not cool at all.�

Simple. Ban those who are confused about their gender from using air >transportation.

Put them in sanitariums.

TSA isn't the problem, the tranny freaks are the problem.

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