It is a twisted sense of amusement when I explain to CIS people why I plan extra time to go through airport security.
That said, so far I’ve been lucky and only had some extra groping during my first flight after transition 🤢. Last few flights I breezed through. But with everything going on, I plan for the worst and hope for the best.
That means getting there early, having extra documentation even a domestic trip, and everything as close to perfect as possible for security checkpoints.
@Reborn_Cat_Mom It only takes one bad moment to make us cautious. Mine happened only about a month after starting HRT, and when I was in boymode; basically got asked to go to a side room and drop trousers. Not fun, especially considering what I was wearing underneath, though I took it to be a sign that hey, the HRT's working! yay.
After that, it kind of lowered my expectations going through security. Sad when you expect to get frisked...
The really fun bit is what could have happened if I was a couple minutes earlier to the airport. One of the adjuncts in my department was a little bit ahead of me in line. Had I been ahead of him in line instead of behind, he could have watched the entire show - including when I had to explain to the security folks I was trans. Keep in mind I had just started HRT, and was not out publicly.
And now I recall, it was last august I went for my first flight. All legal documentation was up to date, and I dressed in a dress. Security where we live patted down my inner thighs without taking me to a room.
Flight back that same day another airport patted down my chest.
Since then I’ve been on other flights without issues. Still, like you said, one “fun” time.
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