A self-proclaimed transgender employee of the Transportation Security Administration filed a lawsuit over his inability to perform pat-downs under the Trump administration.
Danielle Mittereder, a man claiming to be a woman, is challenging the Department of Homeland Security over its new policy ensuring that TSA agents can only screen members of their actual sex.
The lawsuit filed earlier this month asserted that the policy violates federal civil rights law.
Mittereder started working for the TSA in June 2024 and is currently stationed at Dulles International Airport in Virginia.
Because President Donald Trump signed an executive order against recognizing transgenderism in the federal workforce on his first day back in office, Mittereder now finds himself unable to pat down women.
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