BTW these things also scan the genital area. If an unoperated trans woman passes through, it flags her for having a hidden weapon in her crotch. This has been a source of forced outings, public humiliation and in some cases outright sexual harassment by flight security staff ever since these machines where introduced at airports, i find the idea that somebody could be forced to endure that before every subway ride absolutely nightmarish.

[–] Hurvitz@hexbear.net 55 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I was gonna make the trashfuture joke about it being a t-slur detector but honestly its not even funny, this is horrible

[–] AutomatedPossum@hexbear.net 51 points 7 months ago (1 children)

btw a common way to confirm the victim's claim that the alarm was set off by girldick and not by a firearm is to do a patdown in the crotch area, with the gender of the person doing the patdown depending on the airport's levels of transphobia.

[–] machiabelly@hexbear.net 19 points 7 months ago

I love having my dick groped every time I want to get on a subway. This happened before a flight and it ruined my whole day. what the fuck.

[–] ClimateChangeAnxiety@hexbear.net 34 points 7 months ago

Aren’t these the ones that also instantly destroy insulin pumps?

[–] theturtlemoves@hexbear.net 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

How would a metal detector sense the shape of your flesh? And how would it know your legal gender?

[–] Babs@hexbear.net 4 points 7 months ago

When you go through they gotta press a button guessing your sex. Whether I get patted on the crotch or the bra is a test of how well I pass that day.