TSA officer sues Kristi Noem over trans personnel being banned from doing pat-downs

TSA officer sues Kristi Noem over trans personnel being banned from doing pat-downs

A transgender Transportation Security Administration officer has sued the agency’s parent organization, the Department of Homeland Security, over a policy that prevents trans personnel from performing pat-downs of airline passengers or serving as witnesses for them.Danielle Mittereder, a TSA officer at Dulles International Airport in Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C., filed the lawsuit November 7 in a Virginia federal court, according to m…

Trans TSA Agent Sues Kristi Noem For Job Discrimination

LGBTQNation reports that a trans Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agent has filed a lawsuit against Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, alleging that the introduction of a policy preventing trans TSA officers from performing pat-downs constitutes sex discrimination. Read more at LGBTQNation