Mother sues TSA for trying to subject her transgender daughter to a strip-search at the airport
ABC News.Kimberly Erway has requested a jury trial, unspecified damages, and an injunction preventing TSA officials from subjecting other transgender people to similar strip-searches.“Jamii would like to be able to fly again,” lawyers for the Erways wrote in the complaint, “and an order from the Court that would ensure that Jamii would never encounter the situation described would assist in reducing the recurring emotional distress that currently prevents her from doing so.”On its website, the TSA advises transgender passengers that a security officer will press a button designating male or female “based on how you present yourself.”“The machine has software that looks at the anatomy of men and women differently,” the TSA site says.