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2019-12-22 Home Front: Culture Wars

American Airlines to allow non-binary gender booking options for travelers

[The Hill] American Airlines will now allow travelers to choose non-binary gender options during the booking process.

Customers can now designate "U" or "X" for their gender instead of male or female, American Airlines confirmed in a statement to The Hill.

"We recently completed a system update to offer non-binary gender selections. Taking care of our customers and team members is what we do, and we are glad to be able to better accommodate the gender preferences of our travelers and team members," the airline said in the statement.

The change comes as some American states and foreign countries are now providing ID’s with a gender of U or X.

Travelers currently have to call the airline to choose the non-binary options, but the new choices will be available on their website soon, USA Today reported. Travelers can also call to update existing reservations with the new gender options.

American Airlines is not the first major U.S. airline to make the change. In March, United Airlines became the first American airline to give travelers the choice of non-binary gender options.

Beck Bailey, acting director of the Workplace Equality Program at the Human Rights Campaign said in a statement at the time that United Airline’s move was taking an "important step forward for non-binary inclusion."

Two airline trade groups, Airlines for America and the International Air Transport Association have signed off on international best-practices creating an "unspecified" or "undisclosed" gender option for travelers using non-binary IDs, USA Today reported. The top five biggest U.S. airlines, including American, Delta, United, Southwest and Alaska airlines, all told the outlet they plan to apply the suggestion.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-12-22 00:23|| || Front Page|| [18 views ] Top

#1 There aren't enough letters for their kind of crazy.

Posted by Angating the Wide5629 2019-12-22 00:50|| 2019-12-22 00:50|| Front Page Top

#2 Can all declared M and F insist all other genders sit together in the back of the plane?

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-12-22 04:36|| 2019-12-22 04:36|| Front Page Top

#3 So let's say Mom us traveling with her pre-teen children- say she has two of them.

She books her flight on American and find that one of the family - it can't be avoided - has to sit next to Marilyn, a dude in a wig and heels and hoop earrings, with fake tits, mascara, and the whole RuPaul routine.

Now the fun part. Marilyn's leggings show clearly that Marilyn hasn't had his/her/its surgery yet. In fact, as Mom and kids take their seats it also becomes clear that Marilyn's excited to meet the children.

What does Mom do? Tell the freak to GTF away from children and go back to his cave? Don't even think this thoughtcrime, Mom.

Does Mom interpose herself gracefully, and switch seats? Fine. But what happens when she needs to use the loo and leave her seat? Does she leave her kids alone with Marilyn?

Or does Mom complain to the flight crew, maybe ask to becreseated? There's an idea ... oh wait, their employer's a Woke Corporation, and someone on the plane has a phone out, ready to video the whole episode and ensure it's shared with the Twitter mob of tens, hundreds of thousands.

IOW, Mom by complaining is showing that she and her kids need to be sent to the wood chopper-- like that smirking MAGA hat-wearing proto-fascist white supremacist schoolboy from Kentucky last year, the one who tormented that poor old Indian man, the Vietnam War Hero...

But hang on, Mom says. "You've just made my point! Nathan Philips was a FRAUD, and so's this freak. He's got a..." -- at which point the FA calls for the Air Marshalls on the plane to arrest Mom, cuff her and the the kids and frog-march them off the plane.

Coming soon to a flight near you. The Shitshow, Tarmac Edition.

Posted by Lex 2019-12-22 06:03|| 2019-12-22 06:03|| Front Page Top

#4 The gummint must be banned from forcing anyone to validate some freak's sick life choices.

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-12-22 06:12|| 2019-12-22 06:12|| Front Page Top

#5 Why exactly does an airline care about anyone's sex? Seems like the individual's weight or volume would matter more.

Posted by SteveS 2019-12-22 09:13|| 2019-12-22 09:13|| Front Page Top

#6 Though I have seen swishy guys hauling steamer trunks onto planes as "carry on baggage" women are the worst offenders in that regard. I'd imagine U and X are somewhat worse yet.

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-12-22 09:24|| 2019-12-22 09:24|| Front Page Top

#7 What happens when your boarding pass and your government-issued ID don't match up at the TSA checkpoint?

Posted by Bobby 2019-12-22 12:31|| 2019-12-22 12:31|| Front Page Top

#8 Ref #6: Yes, "steamer trunks." These cheap arsed baggage check, (hurray for me fok u) avoidance pricks have been a pet peeve of mine for decades. I blame the airlines for permitting this practice.

My favorite scenario is seeing the crew tell the steamer trunk pricks "overhead is now full" and check their bulking trunks at the aircraft door (sending them 'over the side' and into the baggage system anyway).

I carry a small 'bug out bag' that will fit under the seat, checking the majority of whatever I'm traveling with. Oftentimes the bug out back is all I need.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-12-22 13:15|| 2019-12-22 13:15|| Front Page Top

#9 It's no problem to check luggage if you understand the concepts of "getting there early," "waiting in line," and "paying the fee."

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-12-22 13:52|| 2019-12-22 13:52|| Front Page Top

#10 Waiting on a plane to leave Vegas once, the plane was held for a late passenger, an aging woman in tight jeans and stripper shoes with a little dog. People booed when she got on the plane and someone tripped her going down the aisle. The crew was busy trying to make up for the delayed departure and none of them saw anything.

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-12-22 14:08|| 2019-12-22 14:08|| Front Page Top

#11 Ref #9: You nailed it Mike. Some people are simply too important for 'getting there early, lines' etc.

Your #10...I love stories about Vegas, old women, tight jeans and lap dogs. Very heartwarming.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-12-22 14:45|| 2019-12-22 14:45|| Front Page Top

#12 Yes. "My time is more important than yours" always gets my dander up.

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-12-22 15:07|| 2019-12-22 15:07|| Front Page Top

#13 What I carry when I fly. When it's full I always check it.

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-12-22 15:13|| 2019-12-22 15:13|| Front Page Top

#14 Allow time and bring snacks for AA security check-in.

Posted by Mike-SMO 2019-12-22 23:07|| 2019-12-22 23:07|| Front Page Top

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