APNewsBreak: TSA managers at LA airport get sensitivity training after transgender complaint

By Associated Press, Published: August 4

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/tsa-managers-at-los-angeles-airport-get-transgender-training-in-response-to-ex-workers-case/2011/08/04/gIQAhV4juI_story.html

SAN FRANCISCO — The Transportation Security Administration said Thursday that its managers at Los Angeles International Airport are undergoing mandatory sensitivity training after a transgender employee alleged she was ordered to dress like a man, pat down male passengers and use the men's restroom.

Ashley Yang, 29, who spent two years as a security checkpoint screener at LAX, was fired last summer after co-workers observed her using the women's room, according to a copy of her termination letter obtained by The Associated Press. She contested the firing, resulting in a settlement that mandated the training.

Posted on Advocate.com August 05, 2011 08:40:00 AM ET
TSA Workers to Undergo Sensitivity Training
By Andrew Harmon

http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/08/05/TSA_Workers_to_Undergo_Sensitivity_Training/

Transportation Security Administration managers at Los Angeles International Airport will undergo mandatory sensitivity training as part of settlement terms in a lawsuit filed by a transgender former employee.

Ashley Yang was fired in July 2010 from her job as a security checkpoint screener at LAX after she was observed using the women's restroom, according to her termination letter, obtained by the Associated Press. Managers had forced Yang, 29, to present as male at work; as a result, she was routinely harassed by male passengers.