How are full time transgender people supposed to specify their gender when flying?
Most states still have very restrictive regulations, requiring costly sexual reassignment surgery prior to changing the gender marker.
It is also a WPATH (World Professional Association for Transgender Health) requirement that if the individual elects surgery, and more don't than do, the person electing the surgery must live full time in the new gender role prior to the surgery.
As a transgender woman, living full time in my preferred gender, I need to know what to report as my gender when I book my flight to get surgery, to travel across country on business or for job interviews outside my current state.
My gender is female. My driver's license is marked male. I should not have to present as male just to take a plane ride.
On behalf of myself and my fellow transgender human beings,
Sincerely,
Sophia Hawes
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
New Flight Restrictions Specifying Gender
I sent the following question to the Trasportation Security Administration today:
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A huge concern. I look forward to hearing their reply.
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