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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.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday February 18 2019, @03:19PM (2 children)
I halfway-to-mostly agree with most of what I've been forced to listen to by him. He's extremely poor at conveying a message to anyone outside of academia (boring as fuck, long-winded, and uses words with entirely different meanings in academia than in general use) though and generally at least slightly off-base on any given topic.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by cubancigar11 on Wednesday February 20 2019, @06:50AM (1 child)
Yes, all those are traits that define academia. It is an indictment of our times that voices aligning with conservative ideas are ignored only because they don't sound academic enough. "Reality has a well-known liberal bias" - An ignorant comedian trained in acting.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday February 20 2019, @11:53PM
I just wish he'd take up shooting pool at bars on the weekends. Maybe he'd learn how to communicate with people who aren't in academia without making them want to jab an ice pick through their eardrums.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.