datkindagal
6th February 2012, 07:46 PM
With her flight date impending, and with her passport bearing a Sex designation reading “M” for “male,” Jennifer realized there would not be enough time to get the passport updated once her birth certificate finally arrived; she had no choice but to fly using her passport as-is. Would it cause her a problem at the airport?
“It was Thursday March 17th, 2011. I had just arrived from Newfoundland, in Toronto Pearson international airport, and had to go through customs before I could get on my next airplane, down to the United States,” she tells in a video recorded shortly after the incident.
She was asked the normal questions. Where are you going? How long are you staying? What are you bringing? No problems. Then the U.S. Customs agent asked for Jennifer’s passport, and that’s where her trouble started.
http://chrismilloy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/jen-2011-225x300.jpg
“I presented my passport, and I was sent to ‘Secondary Screening.‘” As soon as Jennifer arrived at the Secondary Screening office, she was forced to supply fingerprints, and have her photo taken like a common criminal. She was then forced to sit, and wait, for more than ninety minutes before anyone else spoke to her. Jennifer missed her plane.
“Several other people came through Secondary Screening (and were provided service and allowed to leave) before I was served,” Jennifer recounts.
Immediately after she had missed her plane, Jennifer was finally called up. They searched her bags. That’s when an already bad situation took a turn for the surreal, and humiliating. “They started asking me all sorts of bizarre personal questions about my sexuality.” Then, Jennifer says, “they were asking me questions about this surgery that they were assuming I had had.”
Read the complete article (http://chrismilloy.ca/2012/02/detained-at-the-airport-one-trans-womans-horrifying-story/)
this article was passed on to me by the blogger herself.
by Christin Scarlett Milloy - February 6, 2012
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About The Author
Christin Milloy is a Canadian Libertarian and Trans-rights activist and blogger, who resides in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
In October of 2011, Christin became the first ever trans-identified person to run for political office at the provincial level in Canada, when she ran as a candidate for the Ontario Libertarian Party in the 2011 Ontario General Election (Mississauga—Brampton South).
She currently serves as a member of the Executive Committee for the Ontario Libertarian Party , as Member-at-Large. She is also a registered member of the federal Libertarian Party of Canada .
She is also a member of the Trans Lobby Group .
Christin also holds the position of Vice-President on the board of directors at her condo complex, on which she has served since 2009.
An IT Web specialist by trade, with over four years of management experience, her past professional roles have included Web Designer, Web Developer, Team Lead, and Director Integrated Web Solutions; a role in which she co-managed a small IT department for a marketing services company.
She is currently pursuing employment as a Business Analyst.
Her favourite food is sushi, and her favourite colours are orange and purple.
“It was Thursday March 17th, 2011. I had just arrived from Newfoundland, in Toronto Pearson international airport, and had to go through customs before I could get on my next airplane, down to the United States,” she tells in a video recorded shortly after the incident.
She was asked the normal questions. Where are you going? How long are you staying? What are you bringing? No problems. Then the U.S. Customs agent asked for Jennifer’s passport, and that’s where her trouble started.
http://chrismilloy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/jen-2011-225x300.jpg
“I presented my passport, and I was sent to ‘Secondary Screening.‘” As soon as Jennifer arrived at the Secondary Screening office, she was forced to supply fingerprints, and have her photo taken like a common criminal. She was then forced to sit, and wait, for more than ninety minutes before anyone else spoke to her. Jennifer missed her plane.
“Several other people came through Secondary Screening (and were provided service and allowed to leave) before I was served,” Jennifer recounts.
Immediately after she had missed her plane, Jennifer was finally called up. They searched her bags. That’s when an already bad situation took a turn for the surreal, and humiliating. “They started asking me all sorts of bizarre personal questions about my sexuality.” Then, Jennifer says, “they were asking me questions about this surgery that they were assuming I had had.”
Read the complete article (http://chrismilloy.ca/2012/02/detained-at-the-airport-one-trans-womans-horrifying-story/)
this article was passed on to me by the blogger herself.
by Christin Scarlett Milloy - February 6, 2012
https://fbcdn-profile-a.akamaihd.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/273633_513320889_1775793174_n.jpg
About The Author
Christin Milloy is a Canadian Libertarian and Trans-rights activist and blogger, who resides in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
In October of 2011, Christin became the first ever trans-identified person to run for political office at the provincial level in Canada, when she ran as a candidate for the Ontario Libertarian Party in the 2011 Ontario General Election (Mississauga—Brampton South).
She currently serves as a member of the Executive Committee for the Ontario Libertarian Party , as Member-at-Large. She is also a registered member of the federal Libertarian Party of Canada .
She is also a member of the Trans Lobby Group .
Christin also holds the position of Vice-President on the board of directors at her condo complex, on which she has served since 2009.
An IT Web specialist by trade, with over four years of management experience, her past professional roles have included Web Designer, Web Developer, Team Lead, and Director Integrated Web Solutions; a role in which she co-managed a small IT department for a marketing services company.
She is currently pursuing employment as a Business Analyst.
Her favourite food is sushi, and her favourite colours are orange and purple.