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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: 2, Troll) by The Shire on Monday February 18 2019, @02:44PM (3 children)

    by The Shire (5824) on Monday February 18 2019, @02:44PM (#802960)

    Simply change the form to ask what the persons biological sex is and offer three options: Male, Female, Intersexed. It's that simple.

    These questions are for physical identification purposes, not psychological. No one should care who you "think" you are, only what you "physically" are.

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  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday February 18 2019, @03:30PM (2 children)

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Monday February 18 2019, @03:30PM (#802986) Homepage Journal

    Unless you live in Canada and are legally required to use whatever made-up-bullshit pronoun someone feels like using that day.

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    • (Score: 2) by The Shire on Monday February 18 2019, @07:19PM (1 child)

      by The Shire (5824) on Monday February 18 2019, @07:19PM (#803107)

      Did they actually pass that law? I thought Jordon Peterson helped stop that particular piece of insanity.