Transgendered Halifax man upset by new travel ID rule


CBC News | Posted: Feb 4, 2012 4:03 PM AT | Last Updated: Feb 6, 2012 9:15 AM AT

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/story/2012/02/04/ns-transport-canada-identification-rule-transgendered.html


Tucker Bottomley has been questioned at airports about his gender. (CBC)

A recent regulation introduced by Transport Canada has some people in the transgendered community worried.

The regulation states that a passenger can be denied entry to board a plane if they don't appear to be the gender indicated on the piece of identification they present.

Before changing his first name to Tucker, Bottomley used to go by the name Anna. That's still the name on his passport....

Transport Canada insists the new rule will not prevent transgendered people from flying.

It said it isn't aware of any situation where a transgender person with a medical document was barred from boarding a plane since the rule was introduced last July.