"Danielle Mittereder has worked for the TSA screening passengers at Dulles International Airport since last year. However, in her lawsuit, she claims Donald Trump's executive order - "Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government" - has made it impossible for her to perform her duties. The order, signed by Trump and enforced by Noem, discriminates against trans federal employees by blocking them from key parts of their roles."
""As a result of Defendant's discrimination, [Mittereder] suffered and continues to suffer anxiety, depression, fear, feelings of uncertainty, crying spells, grief, and low mood. [She] experienced and continues to experience anger, frustration, embarrassment, and humiliation as a result of Defendant's decision to prohibit her from doing much of her job, single her out, and stigmatise her due to her gender identity.""
Danielle Mittereder, a transgender Transportation Security Administration officer who screens passengers at Dulles International Airport, filed a federal lawsuit naming Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem as the lone defendant. The lawsuit alleges that President Trump's executive order "Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government," enforced by Noem, prevents her from performing essential duties by restricting which officers may conduct pat-downs. The complaint asserts the policy discriminates against trans federal employees and has caused Mittereder anxiety, depression, fear, uncertainty, crying spells, grief, low mood, anger, frustration, embarrassment, and humiliation. Her attorney said she is prevented from working solely because she is transgender. A TSA spokesperson confirmed that, under the order, male officers pat down male passengers and female officers pat down female passengers.
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