What happens with "trans" people at airports?

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NorthEastNancy · 03/08/2026 02:04

I've just come home via Dalaman airport and was stopped and patted down / searched at all 3 check points (I clearly look guilty / dodgy)

Twice i had to wait until a female member of staff was available. What on earth happens with trans people? I wouldn't want to be patting down someone with a male body if my job was to stretch females.

I've been pondering this literally all the way home!

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ComtesseDeSpair · 07/08/2026 11:21

Waitingfordoggo · 04/08/2026 20:18

Really? Surely that would exclude Muslim women (and probably Muslim men also) from applying for the job. That doesn’t sound very likely.

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Officers are trained to search both sexes and it’s just part of the job. They accept it when they train for and accept the job. The reason female officers search women and male officers search men is largely about the comfort of the person being searched rather than the person doing the searching. It’s no different to any other role which involves physical contact with the public: doctors and nurses are trained to provide physical care for both sexes and can’t blanketly refuse to provide care to the opposite sex because it makes them uncomfortable or they think it’s against their religion; if they don’t want to touch the opposite sex, they aren’t suited to the job.

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