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End of Gender: Public (Trans)portation

Social Commentary post by Malic White on April 19, 2012 - 11:12am; tagged federal documentation, terrorism, transgender, travel, truth out, TSA.

When the TSA announced a new line of body scanners that were supposedly less-invasive, gender-nonconforming folks excitedly packed their bags.

But when a traveler prepares to be scanned, security staff must press one of two buttons: "blue" for "men" and "pink" for "women."

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