TSA officer files lawsuit against agency regarding limitations on transgender pat-down procedures
Virginia TSA Employee Sues Over Gender Discrimination A TSA employee in Virginia, who identifies as transgender, is alleging gender discrimination against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) due to a new policy that prevents transgender staff from conducting pat-downs during security screenings. This claim comes via a federal lawsuit filed recently by Danielle Mittereder, who […]
Lee says he got TSA patdown days after calling to nix agency
Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah noted in a post on “Update: Days after calling for TSA abolition, I was ‘randomly selected’ to undergo a thorough and unnecessarily time-consuming TSA search and pat-down. Could be a coincidence. Coincidence, or maybe not. Or not? It’s impossible to know. That’s part of the problem with having a […]