https://twitter.com/chayesmatthew/status/1773414327556452750

  • AutomatedPossum [she/her]
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    8 months ago

    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.

    • Hurvitz [they/them]
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      8 months ago

      Yeah I was gonna make the trashfuture joke about it being a t-slur detector but honestly its not even funny, this is horrible

      • AutomatedPossum [she/her]
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        8 months ago

        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.

        • machiabelly [she/her]
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          8 months ago

          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.

    • theturtlemoves [he/him]
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      8 months ago

      How would a metal detector sense the shape of your flesh? And how would it know your legal gender?

      • Babs [she/her]
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        8 months ago

        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.