Shadi Petosky, a transgender television writer and producer, has gone viral for all the wrong reasons.
In a series of Tweets on Monday afternoon, Petosky shared the traumatic endeavor she suffered through when simply trying to get to her gate for a flight.
The experience took place at an Orlando-area airport and we’ll let Petosky take it from here…
Wait… what is this?!?
It’s not a weapon, we can assure you, officers.
Be a man!
Because the machine cares what gender it checks? Or because the agent chose this moment to take some kind of moral stand?
Spreading the word
Petosky says she Tweeted this experience so this hopefully would never happen to another transgender individual.
Who cares?!?
Sorry, we’re getting upset here. Is she a danger to her fellow passengers? No? Then LET HER THROUGH!
Is this the angriest face you have?
Because it doesn’t do a sufficient job of expressing the proper outrage here.
We ask again:
Is the phone a danger to other passengers? No? Just a danger to your reputation? Ah, okay then.
She missed her flight
Because of the gender with which she identifies herself. Think about that for a moment.
Quiet down!
Apparently having emotions are not allowed by agents whose job it is to protect passengers on a flight.
Why?!?
The goal here is not to be treated specially. It is to be treated like everyone else.
Thanks for the lecture, but…
… how can I put this nicely? Eh, screw nicely: STFU!