Overview
- The complaint argues the restrictions remove core job functions, hinder promotions and specialized certifications, and limit access to TSA-controlled restrooms.
- Internal TSA documents say transgender officers may not conduct pat-downs, serve as required witnesses for private screenings, or demonstrate pat-down techniques in training.
- TSA states that male officers pat down male passengers and female officers pat down female passengers under the policy adopted after the January executive order.
- Homeland Security defends the approach as protecting traveler comfort and safety, while the federal employees union says fewer eligible screeners could slow checkpoints.
- A former transgender officer in Las Vegas retired in July citing the new rules, highlighting workforce effects after TSA reversed a 2021 directive that aligned duties with gender identity.