Thread: TSA to address "non-binary" pat downs
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Old 12-14-2022 | 05:09 PM
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"Is airport security technology inherently gender-biased? The Transportation Security Administration admits the screening process is more challenging for transgender and nonbinary folks than cisgender travelers. Now, the TSA is spending millions to set up nonbinary screening systems.The technology currently being used by TSA takes a very binary approach to security screenings. As a result, noncisgender individuals are likely to be brought aside for often embarrassing physical pat-downs. A local lawmaker, with firsthand experience, is calling for change.

“I went through the scanner, the alert went off that the TSA agents needed to check my groin area,” said Rep. Taylor Small, P/D-Winooski, the first transgender legislator in Vermont.

Small says every time she flies out of the Burlington International Airport, she’s pulled aside for a physical pat-down. Most recently, in November as she left for D.C."

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https://www.wcax.com/2022/12/14/tsa-...ed-technology/
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