NEW: Attorney General Merrick Garland issues statement on TransDayOfVisibility.
and advocating against what his administration terms “dangerous anti-transgender legislative attacks" that have passed in statehouses across the country.
The Democratic president's administration is working to expand the availability of the “X” gender marker to airlines and federal travel programs and will make it easier for transgender people to change their gender information in Social Security Administration records. At airports, there will changes to screening scanners as well as the use of an “X” for travelers going through Precheck who do not identify as male or female. TSA officers will receive new instructions on screening intended to make procedures less invasive. The TSA will work with airlines to promote the acceptance of the “X” gender marker.
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