TSA's New Scanners May Affect Trans People

[Natasha]

TSA's New Scanners May Affect Trans People

http://www.bilerico.com/2011/07/tsas_new_scanners_may_affect_trans_people.php
7/27/11
Adam Polaski

The Transportation Security Administration has instituted a new change in its full-body scanners at airport security checkpoints after fierce criticism this year that the old technology amounted to virtual strip-searching. The new technology, reports The LA Times, will show a "generic body outline," and passengers will be additionally searched for anything "suspicious." Passengers will be able to see the same outline that TSA workers see.

[kate durcal]

TSA's New Scanners May Affect Trans People

http://www.bilerico.com/2011/07/tsas_new_scanners_may_affect_trans_people.php
7/27/11
Adam Polaski

The Transportation Security Administration has instituted a new change in its full-body scanners at airport security checkpoints after fierce criticism this year that the old technology amounted to virtual strip-searching. The new technology, reports The LA Times, will show a "generic body outline," and passengers will be additionally searched for anything "suspicious." Passengers will be able to see the same outline that TSA workers see.

I have pass trough them numerous times. Sometime they call me sir somtime m'am, almost 50/50. Never found any problems.

Kate D (24/7 tucker)