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Trans Woman Demands TSA Ignore Biological Sex

Aaron Bandler

A transgender woman says she was “humiliated” after being detained and harassed by the Transportation Safety Administration Monday because she didn’t want to admit her biological sex.

Shadi Petosky, who co-founded Puny Entertainment, was in Orlando International Airport to fly to Minneapolis when she was flagged by the TSA for an “anomaly” in the groin area. Petosky live-tweeted what happened next:

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