I was patted down by a guy and mine were sore for two hours. No idea what he thought was down there
nice humblebrag.
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Iāve had a lot of TSA pat-downs. I refused to use the first generation nude-o-scan (which had a failure mode of ādangerous amounts of radiationā) and so i was patted down by annoyed TSA agents every time i flew for a while. I donāt think there are any parts i have that are subject to actually hurting after anything like a reasonable pat-down.
That sounds just awful.
I fly a lot, and hit the random lottery often, but that was the only time it wasnāt a wanding
This is why you fly with kids and get sent through the metal detector with no pat down.
to clarify, your own kids. Donāt just grab a couple at the terminal
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Yeah, Iāve been patted down a number of times and was always surprised at how non-invasive they were. To the point of thinking āoh, so if I need to get contraband on a flight just stick it in my cleavage.ā (If it was something small enough to fit, of course.)
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Iāve had them poke in my cleavage, but they didnāt take off (or reach underneath) my shirt, so i guess it depends how snuggly your shirt fits and how stretchy the fabric is.
Huh, Iāve had them touch my chest above my boobs, but never so much as an accidental boob graze.
I have, more than once.
These days, i mostly just get patted over my baggy pockets, which often get flagged. (Itās annoying at security, but those pockets are handy on the flight.) But Iāve also gotten a few full-body checks, every time when i was avoiding the scanner, and occasionally since then, if i pull the unlucky random number at check in. The full body checks generally include feeling around my bra, patting the actual boobs with the back of a hand, feeling around my belt line, and a back of the hand in my crotch. The magic number also means i have to open up all my carry-on (āunzip every zipper, and open the bagā). The only time Iāve had more than a cursory check of my carry-on luggage was 45 years ago, when my flight left through the same gate as El Al, and El Al security thought a group of teenage tourists were risky. (I did not have my carry-on baggage searched when i actually flew El Al two years ago.)
In a free country, youd be able to.choose the type of care you want for.you and your family.
Apparently some 16-18 year olds who are currently on puberty blockers or hormones are having upcoming doctor visits canceled because of one of the executive orders, and that could potentially leading to them not being able to refill their prescriptions. I canāt imagine what it would be like to start a medication that makes your life vastly better and then be forced to come off of it.
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Itās kind of how the country must feel after the switch from Biden back to Trump.
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Not sure where to put Jo Ellisā story but this type of misinformation is alarming.
The White House will also direct the State Department to review visa applications of transgender people for āfraud,ā and planned to elevate the issue internationally, including at the United Nations, and in the private sector, the official said.
Stating who you truly are isnāt a crime, let alone āfraud.ā
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Perhaps more legally relevant, in an environment where the there is debate about the reality of trans gender, stating something using the agreed-upon meaning of words does not retroactively become fraud if those words get redefined.
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Are you sure thatās currently true, now that we seem to be living in MAGAās alternative reality?
Non-profits are facing a decision of whether or not to forgo aiding trans people in exchange for federal funding. E.g., from Bluesky:
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) was told this week by DOJ that theyād lose their funding if the org didnāt remove any mentions of LGBTQIA+ issues from their public materials, Iāve learned. Staff were told they need to deadname trans kids in their reports to comply.
Good luck finding missing children when you canāt use the name that they go by. The majority of the NCMEC funding comes from government grants, so they donāt have a choice but to comply.
Could they just start a policy of using any nicknames the kid goes by? Trans and not trans alike. Then a trans kid could designate a preferred nickname that they want (which will be their chosen name).