TSA Posts Info for Trans Travelers
http://transgenderequality.wordpress.com/2012/03/16/tsa-posts-info-for-trans-travelers/The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) recently unveiled a webpage featuring information and advice for transgender travelers going through airport security. TSA's advice, while not comprehensive, covers a few important points:
Travelers should make sure that the gender provided when they book their flight matches the gender designation on the government-issued ID they bring to the airport. TSA Travel Document Checkers will check to ensure that information on your ID matches your boarding pass, however it does not matter whether your current gender presentation matches the gender marker on your ID or your presentation in your ID photo, and TSA officers should not comment on this.
In the event that a pat-down is required, it will only be conducted by an officer of the same gender as the traveler, based on the traveler's gender presentation. This means that transgender women should be searched by female officers, and transgender men should be searched by male officers.
