DHS sued over policy banning transgender TSA officers from conducting pat-downs

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A transgender employee at Dulles International Airport filed a lawsuit accusing the Department of Homeland Security of sex discrimination over the agency’s new policy banning transgender Transportation Security Administration employees from performing pat-down checks.

TSA, which is part of DHS, now operates in conjunction with President Donald Trump’s executive orders directing government agencies to issue policies based on biological sex instead of gender identity.

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