• zbyte64@awful.systems
      11·
      12 hours ago

      I rarely fly but I want this shirt through security. Also a cishet male but we gotta keep em guessing

  • MasterNerd@lemmy.zip
    52·
    20 hours ago

    I’m not even trans (or remotely feminine), but I got pulled out of line and had my junk fondled. I guess having long hair automatically makes you female-presenting according to the TSA?

    • AmbitiousProcess (they/them)@piefed.socialEnglish
      34·
      19 hours ago

      Once I got pulled aside before even getting through the security line, then the people rummaging through my bags and patting me down started gambling real money with each other about what my age was before I told them -_-

  • NotEasyBeingGreen@slrpnk.net
    58·
    20 hours ago

    Mostly accurate, although the flight delays tend to be announced one short delay at a time. “We’re going to be a few minutes late pulling out from the gate.” “We missed out takeoff window, so we’re going to have a 20 minute delay.” “We need to refile our paperwork, so we’re heading back to the gate.” “Ground crew changed shift, so we need another 45 minutes.” And so on…

    • Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world
      3·
      41 minutes ago

      So true. As a teen my bf and I accidentally ruined his big sister’s birthday because of this. We were waiting for a flight that kept getting delayed all day and by the time it finally got cancelled, his sister had to postpone her plans to drive to the airport to get us. She was all dressed up in a sexy anime-esque/lolita style and it was clear we ended up cockblocking her birthday date. I felt so bad, but there was nothing we could do.

    • Dagnet@lemmy.world
      22·
      18 hours ago

      Yeah, if they announced 72hrs you could just leave the airport and go do somethings else. Had a 4hr delay once and I used the opportunity to leave and get something nice to eat somewhere food doesn’t cost 5x more for no reason

      • Frozengyro@lemmy.world
        8·
        13 hours ago

        You’re playing with fire. They can delay it 6 hours, then 20 minutes later something changes and they leave. No guarantee the delay doesn’t get shorter, safest thing is to stay at the gate.

      • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
        14·
        18 hours ago

        Can’t leave, everyone has already boarded and they’ve closed the doors.

        Also, no leaving your seat until after takeoff.

  • KernelTale@programming.devEnglish
    49·
    20 hours ago

    They really check genitals at airports in USA? I thought it was just pointing how absurd the law would have to be, not that they implemented it.

        • Midnight Wolf@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          5 hours ago

          Same for disabled folks too. Yes, I’m totally hiding a brick of C4 woven into the fibers of my wheelchair, you must know so much from watching CSI every week. And it’s true, I haven’t seen my master in a year now, so if you get grabby you’re going to get poked right back. Anything beyond that though, ima need cash or card first.

    • Skullgrid@lemmy.world
      33·
      19 hours ago

      Note that they implemented this during the middle eastern wars started in 2001-2003, with the excuse of “terrorism” and not during the current wave of trans hyperawareness and bigotry.

      Kinda like the first wave of internet censorship and monitoring which was implemented around 2007, and exposed by Snowden in ~2013

      Checking out your naked form was a bonus back then, not the excuse. Also to pelt you with unnecessary radiation. I did not comply in 2018 when leaving the UK, but I did when leaving the US, because I didn’t want to try my chances in the US legal system, and wanted to leave ASAP.

      If you want to exercise your rights, you can always prefer to be groped by a TSA/Your country’s equivalent instead of getting in the DickChecker9000. At least it slows down their job and forces them to do something instead of sitting by idly as they check out naked people.

    • marxismtomorrow@lemmy.today
      25·
      19 hours ago

      Honey, the best case scenario is that they see your genitals and only ask you to explain.

      TSA workers can, will, and do grope anyone they find ‘suspicious’ and have the right to continue until they no longer deem you suspicious.

      And that’s without mentioning the thousands of allegations of what happens in the closed-door security rooms for ‘enhanced’ security searches.

      You best hope you’re not attractive to whatever sentient meatball they put in a suit with an incredibly basic background check that only cares for felonies (of which most sex crimes are not), poor training, and practically no oversight.

    • bdonvr@thelemmy.club
      7·
      19 hours ago

      Not explicitly, but trans persons especially pre-op can face additional screening or scrutiny.

  • sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz
    8·
    15 hours ago

    Yeah, this seems right. I had an easier time going through Brussels Zaventem during the September 2025 airport cyberattacks than I did Dallas-Fort Worth first week of this past January (before the TSA strike started). Even my straightest, cis-est, whitest, most American coworker (this is how he describes himself) got stopped and taken to a separate room for 40 minutes, and then we got rebooked to a flight two days later with no hotel accommodations, and no car. The cherry on top was having to do the whole security dance in full all over again.

    Fun.