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U.S. Airlines Will Offer New Gender Identification Options, According to Trade Group

posted by martyb on Monday February 18 2019, @06:58AM   Printer-friendly
from the trying-to-engender-goodwill? dept.

takyon writes:

U.S. Airlines to Offer New Gender Options for Non-Binary Passengers

Air travelers who want to will soon be able to choose a gender option other than "male" or "female" when buying their tickets.

The new "undisclosed" or "unspecified" options are meant to make things easier for travelers and airlines as a growing number of local, state and national governments issue identification documents with alternative gender choices, according to Airlines for America, a trade group that represents many major United States carriers.

"U.S. airlines value a culture of diversity and inclusion, both in the workplace and for our passengers," the group said in a statement.

The Transportation Security Administration requires that travelers have gender markers associated with their tickets that match the identification documents they present at agency checkpoints. The new standard will make it easier for passengers who are gender nonconforming to travel with documents that more accurately represent their identities.

Delta Air Lines, which left the Airlines for America trade group in 2015, will also offer the new options.

If you're even flying at all, I'd suggest picking "Undisclosed" or "Unspecified" simply as a way to mess with the TSA.

Also at The Daily Beast, MarketWatch, and USA Today.

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  • (Score: 0, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 18 2019, @07:48AM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 18 2019, @07:48AM (#802829)

    These people suffer from gender dysphoria.
    It's a mental illness.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by FatPhil on Monday February 18 2019, @10:18AM (4 children)

    by FatPhil (863) <{pc-soylent} {at} {asdf.fi}> on Monday February 18 2019, @10:18AM (#802889) Homepage

    So are all the other body dysmorphias. The analogy was a good one.

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    • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday February 18 2019, @03:13PM (3 children)

      by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Monday February 18 2019, @03:13PM (#802975) Homepage Journal

      Possibly but it wasn't a car analogy and should be discounted.

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      • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 18 2019, @07:42PM (2 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 18 2019, @07:42PM (#803128)

        My Toyota identifies as a Mercedes, except for the purposes of insurance.

        • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 18 2019, @08:12PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 18 2019, @08:12PM (#803145)

          My Honda Civic identifies as a Tesla Model S, and how dare those bigoted supercharger stations refuse to offer service!

        • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday February 19 2019, @12:30AM

          by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Tuesday February 19 2019, @12:30AM (#803268) Homepage Journal

          My Toyota identifies as a Toyota. It's got over three hundred sixty thousand miles on it, so it can hold its head high in any company.

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