New Transgender Friendly Security Going Into Effect at US Airports

A traveler steps into the security screening as Transportation Security Administration agents look on at Los Angeles International Airport in November 2013. Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is ushering in a new policy that makes U.S. airport security screening transgender-friendly.

The federal agency is implementing the policy backed by what it calls a new “gender-neutral algorithm.”