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A transgender TSA officer at Dulles International Airport is suing over a policy barring transgender officers from conducting pat-downs and using gender-aligned restrooms.

The February directive, tied to President Trump’s executive order on sex, also blocks transgender officers from career advancement paths requiring pat-down expertise.

TSA says the policy ensures passenger comfort by matching officer sex to traveler sex, but legal experts call it discriminatory and unnecessary.

A Virginia transportation security officer is accusing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security of sex discrimination over a policy that bars transgender officers from performing security screening pat-dow

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