"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 multiple media outlets. It names Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, well-known for her anti-trans views, as defendant. Mittereder joined the TSA in July 2024. Since 2021, trans officers had been allowed to perform work consistent with their gender identity, with trans women being able to pat down female passengers."
"But in keeping with Donald Trump's executive order recognizing only male and female sexes as assigned at birth, in February the TSA stopped letting trans officers do pat-downs. "Transgender officers will no longer engage in pat-down duties, which are conducted based on both the traveler's and officer's biological sex," says a TSA directive obtained by the Associated Press. "In addition, transgender officers will no longer serve as a TSA-required witness when a traveler elects to have a pat-down conducted in a private screening area.""
A TSA officer, Danielle Mittereder, sued the Department of Homeland Security in federal court after a policy barred transgender personnel from performing pat-downs or serving as witnesses. The policy reversed prior practice that since 2021 allowed trans officers to work consistent with their gender identity, including gender-aligned pat-downs. The change followed an executive order recognizing sexes as assigned at birth and a February TSA directive that defined pat-downs by biological sex and removed trans officers from related training and witness duties. The lawsuit alleges the policy discriminates on the basis of sex and gender identity under Title VII.
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