Story out of Washington, DC:
A transgender former Navy SEAL was left humiliated by airport security at Reagan National Airport in Washington D.C. after they referred to her as a man and arranged for a male agent to search her.
Kristin Beck, who served in the military for 21 years, was traveling to Kansas City on Tuesday to give a speech to federal employees about gender sensitivity when she was left embarrassed by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents as she tried to pass through security.
Beck told CNN that she was flagged down by both a female and male officers after passing through the body scanner machine.
The decorated Navy SEAL thought she would be passed through the check without much commotion after she encountering no issues in passport control.
But the two agents thought she was a man despite her long hair, breasts and low cut dress.
'I'm a female,' she said she told them. 'It's no big deal.' 'This is wrong. I'm a female, it says female on my Maryland driver's license. This is the real me.'
According to Beck, the supervisor responded, 'Then somebody pat him down.'
A female staff member 'under duress' then searched her as she stood humiliated and close to tears.
After the ordeal was over and she went through to her departure gate she took to Facebook to vent her frustration.
'Oh, the kicker. I'm flying to Kansas City to give a HUMAN RIGHTS speech at Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons on rights and treatment etc.' Cont.
Story from - Daily Mail
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