I'm just grateful we don't have anything like that here! I've done some research on this whole 'TSA' thing, and it just keeps setting off my bull->-bleeped-<- detector. You guys are told it's for your own safety right? And because of that they perform searches that would be illegal if done by anyone outside of the government, and take away your basic civil rights.

When from what I've read, they don't actually increase aiport security at all. Anyone who seriously wanted to smuggle a weapon or drugs onto a plain isn't going to just keep it in their pocket. The scans can only detect what's above the surface of your skin, so anything could still be hidden in a persons 'cavities' and pass inspection. The same results can be achieved by people passing through the basic metal detector, and being bomb checked, without the invasive procedur and loss of civil rights.

All I can say is, as long as these money making schemes are in place, I won't be going anywhere near an American airport with a ten foot bargepole. I'd rather keep my dignity and mental health, thank you very much 

take away your basic civil rights.

There is no civil right to take an airplane ride.

I'm going to Mexico for the second time on Sunday and have repeatedly stressed out about this whole thing. I think I will go with binding & not packing. Going to see my gf, so I'll need, um, tools for all occasions so to speak. So, trouble with that is, I'll put all my dicks, etc.,  in a little gym bag which they can look in at customs. Luckily, I went through this last year so I am not quite as nervous. They went right through my suitcase on a big table. Luckily I stopped the guy by shouting out a quick "PRIVADO!" just as he finished unzipping my little "tool case." He zipped it up and didn't look any further. It's thoroughly mortifying to have your junk displayed out in public, but it's not illegal or anything, so all I have to do is steel myself for the embarrassment and laugh it off like I do everything else. Man up, Andy!

Can't you also opt for a pat down.... Sure its a more invasive pat down than the old ones, but its not like they're going to rip your packer off.  If you have a packer securely situated on yourself I reckon that that is the safest route.

OK, so I am in Mexico now! Traveling down was pretty uneventful--I pretty much passed all the way down (4 airports) and am happy to report I got sir'd all the time. The two worst things so far were, when I arrived in Mexico, they have this thing at the customs where you hit this button and if you get a green light, you can go on through without them looking at your luggage, and if you get a red light, they go through all your stuff. Well, unfortunately I got the red light, and they went through all my bags. It was that same thing that happened to me last year where they open it all up on a big table. When they got to my "tool box," I'm just like, staring at the ceiling, whistling,  "la la la," you know. I think they were more embarrassed than I was because they zipped it all up pretty quick! The other thing that happened  was, we went to these hot mineral pools-type of thing down here, and I was wearing my binder under a tank top with mens trunks. I went to get in one of the hot bath things, and the guy starts to yell at me in Spanish, you can't wear regular clothes in this pool, guys need to take of their shirts. So, I just sat on the edge while my gf went in. It was the only time when passing was NOT to my advantage!

(NOTE TO SELF: Got to save money for top surgery SOON!)