• AutomatedPossum [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    BTW these things also scan the genital area. If an unoperated trans woman passes through, it flags her for having a hidden weapon in her crotch. This has been a source of forced outings, public humiliation and in some cases outright sexual harassment by flight security staff ever since these machines where introduced at airports, i find the idea that somebody could be forced to endure that before every subway ride absolutely nightmarish.

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        btw a common way to confirm the victim’s claim that the alarm was set off by girldick and not by a firearm is to do a patdown in the crotch area, with the gender of the person doing the patdown depending on the airport’s levels of transphobia.

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          I love having my dick groped every time I want to get on a subway. This happened before a flight and it ruined my whole day. what the fuck.

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        When you go through they gotta press a button guessing your sex. Whether I get patted on the crotch or the bra is a test of how well I pass that day.