A transgender Transportation Security Administration officer, who has identified and presented as a woman since her first day on the job, is no longer allowed to pat down air travelers thanks to an executive order issued by President Donald Trump that, with a stroke of the pen, wrongfully reclassified her as a man.
In a federal lawsuit filed November 7, Danielle Mittereder, who joined the TSA last year and works screening passengers at Dulles International Airport, says Executive Order 14168 - Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government - has not only made it impossible for her to perform her duties, it has turned her coworkers against her; halted any possibility for her to rise through the ranks; and involuntarily “outed” her to all.
