Specifically the assholes of Seattle.
Every TSA fascist belongs in a forced labor camp where they can do actual honest work for an actual honest wage for as many years as they've volunteered to terrorize the people of the world, plus 5 more because fuck them extra.
Not even five hours back stateside and I already wish I wasn't back because of those goddamn terrorists
Oh I'm being rude because you're being a fucking rules nazi enforcing esoteric arbitrary bullshit that literally no other fucking airport gives a shit about because it's already following fucking internationally agreed regulations fuck you fuck you fuck you Seattle TSA
It's even better than that because, even though it's a federal agency, the procedures are completely different at different airports. I've been yelled at before because I took my laptop out of my bag.
TSA is a jobs program, but the federal government isn't supposed to do anything useful anymore so this is what it does.
I assume some billionaire makes a shit ton of money off "producing" these useless machines that let a stranger inspect your genitals.
Leidos (private military contractor) makes bank off this shit
TSA is for fascists who are somehow too stupid to even be regular cops, an already subterranean bar
SeaTac is the worst. Out of all the airports I've been to only Honolulu compares in pettiness and general disdain for humanity.
CW: me being violated
ALSO. Idk why we have a system that requires me to let a stranger touch my dick if I want to travel.
TSA has a male/female button they press for their scanners. They press the female button for me, which means the scanner thinks I'm hiding something in my pants.
They took me aside for a pat down. I told them what the issue was, and asked them politely not to touch my dick. She told me it was procedure and that she had to feel all the way up my crotch.
I begged her not to. She did anyway. She stopped once she touched it, but by then my day was ruined.
I learned that doing a tuck lets me through the scanners. So I always go to the bathroom before checkpoints to make adjustments. But, I'm always nervous about flying now.
"they gonna touch my bra or my genitals this time?" -me every time I'm trying to get on an airplane.
- sorry you had to experience that, it sounds awful
- this makes me strongly consider just never flying again now that I'm trans, holy shit
Honestly you dont realize how taxing being treated like the wrong gender is until you experience being treated correctly.
Living as a woman is harder but it actually feels like living, and that makes all the difference.
this is so real, I didn't mind being gendered male until I transitioned far enough to be more often gendered female (more common, bc people tend to assume binary gender) or ??? (which is its own flavor of funny, like I'm giving off a non-binary aura or something).
Yeah, its... not fun
Apparently getting TSA precheck might help. I'm looking into it but I'm not clear on everything yet.
"pay us to not harass you" is honestly the epitome of Americanism. thank you though, that's good advice, and might be worthwhile to avoid the stress and embarrassment.
they're completely useless. remember that anytime an American gets arrested by customs at their destination for "accidentally" bringing a gun or ammo or whatever, that means TSA didn't catch it when they boarded
https://fee.org/articles/tsa-fails-95-of-the-time/
last time I flew they made me put my tablet through the scanner twice because the first time the guy admitted he wasnt paying attention lol
I go out of my way to not wear GNC clothing while I travel, but I got flagged by the penis detecting machine around my privates anyway the last time I flew and had to get a pat down. I was almost honored. Nothing compared to going through customs though.
one of my favorite things about not living in the failed states of America anymore and never traveling there is how much easier air travel is
in Colombia you can rock up to the airport 30 min before gate call for a domestic flight and breeze through security so fast you still have time to get bored before boarding starts
even the Br*ts don't make flying as painful as cursed America does
Highly recommend all my trans/enby comrades get precheck for less genital inspections with the kindly neighborhood fascists at the TSA.
Leave it to America to a put a fee on fascists not touching our junk.
Bu bu but they're keeping us safe! I love how they are opening up every phone and computer to insure explosives haven't been planted somewhere in the supply chain and set to go off with a simple press of a key. So safe from bringing your own fucking beverages on the flight so you have to pay 20 bucks for a shitty Heineken. So safe look I took off my shoes oh so safe
