Transgendered airport screener wins suit over wrongful pat downs
A transgendered airport screener has won a settlement from the TSA because she was forced to pat down male passengers. Ashley Yang says that since she is now a willowy, long-haired female, she should have been assigned to search other women. Instead, supervisors ordered her to frisk surprised male passengers, sparking comments such as, “Does this mean you are going to buy me dinner?”
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