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Transgender TSA Agent Who Was Forced to Pat Down Men Wins Settlement (Time)

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Managers at Los Angeles International Airport commanded a woman, who was originally male before undergoing hormone therapy, to pat down male passengers and use the men's restroom.

Ashley Yang, 29, was living her life as a woman after receiving hormone therapy, dressing in more feminine clothing, using the ladies' room, and wearing her hair long.

That kind of behavior was apparently not acceptable to managers in Los Angeles International Airport. In order to keep her job as a security checkpoint screener, managers allegedly forced her to cut her hair and dress as a man, citing the fact that she had not had physical surgery to change her sexual identity. However, California recognizes her as a woman on her driver's license.

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Complete article at Time : http://ti.me/qK1kgP