Know Your Rights
Information on air travel for transgender people
December 21, 2010
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=pwaqy9aab&v=001Mo1LsqllbCDUSFMiLH2rxE-nKdjaGEdXlOFRoL-2LeWsfsFsfiKHdI7fXPIgFpKInHbczzOJbYJdTZ1GB7lHFGW58sNaCadzpx4lwFeD-yo2jfSC-xtXQFgk5J2nnamAjsSyEyInSrsK23gaDHs-8H1JfcC3TpxaYZQ8lYdY5pMGYRvgM9-ucOybs4nMDk5Ut9ss2UYwDtF4SMgdxBZe1A%3D%3DThis is a busy time of the year for travel so we have put together some resources to help you have a smooth and safe trip. Transgender people and our families have expressed concern about the various new invasive equipment and procedures at the airport used by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
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You have the right to:
* Travel in any gender you wish, whether or not it matches the gender marker on your identification. However, at the airport, you must present an ID with the same gender marker as the one that you provided to your airline when you made the reservation.
* Refuse the Whole Body Imaging but then you will be required to undergo and enhanced pat-down (see below for more information);
* Be screened in private;
* Take a traveling companion with you if you are taken for private or additional screening;
* Be patted down by a TSA agent who is the same gender as the gender you are presenting (if you are presenting as female, you will be patted down by a woman; if you are presenting as male, you will be patted down by a man);
