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

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: 2) by cubancigar11 on Monday February 18 2019, @11:38AM

    by cubancigar11 (330) on Monday February 18 2019, @11:38AM (#802908) Homepage Journal

    I seriously think it is because they want to know how nice they have to be while groping your genitals. And which gender gets to grope you. I suppose female TSA groper might be uncomfortable groping a penis, and a male TSA groper would try to avoid knowing he gets aroused groping tits of a man. That's all I can think of.

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