The Trump administration refuses to indulge the delusional gender ideology nonsense that ran rampant under the prior White House, which isn't sitting well with some transgender-identifying federal employees.

Last week, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was named in a lawsuit filed by a transgender Transportation Security Administration officer who claims to have been harmed by the administration's policies on transgender workers, according to the Independent.

The challenged TSA policy, which simply states that travelers must receive a security pat-down from an officer of the same biological sex, was issued in accordance with executive action from President Donald Trump, and is based on a common-sense understanding of basic biology and a desire to ensure comfort for all travelers going through the security screening process.

Transgender TSA workers restricted under new gender identity policy

On the first day of his second term, President Trump sharply departed from the gender ideology absurdities of the Biden administration with an executive order that, among other things, established the biological sexes of "male" and "female" as the only acceptable gender identities, as far as the federal government is concerned.

According to the Associated Press, that order prompted the TSA to update its policies on transgender agents, including barring them from conducting physical security pat-downs of travelers and from using restrooms and facilities intended for the opposite biological sex.

Under the prior administration, TSA agents were permitted to identify as whichever gender they chose, conduct physical pat-downs on travelers of the chosen gender, and use whichever restrooms and facilities they preferred, despite the obvious fact that allowing such caused great discomfort for some travelers and fellow employees.

Lawsuit filed by transgender officer

Transportation Security Officer Danielle Mittereder, 34, is one such biologically male TSA worker who identifies as a transgender female, and they just filed a lawsuit against DHS Secretary Noem over the updated policy that they claimed has adversely affected their employment and future career, in that they are no longer permitted to conduct all aspects of their normal duties, per the Independent.

Mittereder, who first joined the TSA during the summer of 2024, was by all accounts an "effective and competent" employee who merely "wants to do her job," but is prevented from doing so by the TSA's transgender policies, which their attorney asserts "really is very degrading, and it also is completely illegal."

"She’s good at her job, she wants to go to work and do her job every day," attorney Jonathan Puth told the outlet. "And she’s not allowed to do it, for the sole reason that she is transgender."

"As a result of Defendant’s discrimination, [Mittereder] suffered and continues to suffer anxiety, depression, fear, feelings of uncertainty, crying spells, grief, and low mood," the lawsuit alleged. "[She] experienced and continues to experience anger, frustration, embarrassment, and humiliation as a result of Defendant’s decision to prohibit her from doing much of her job, single her out, and stigmatize her due to her gender identity."

This is common sense

Fox News reported that, according to an unnamed TSA spokesperson, the updated transgender policy only allows biologically male officers to pat down male travelers, and biologically female officers to do the same with female travelers.

In addition to that limitation on physical pat-downs, the spokesperson confirmed that transgender officers are also barred from serving as witnesses for security pat-downs in private screening areas, as well as from using the single-sex designated restrooms or other facilities that don't align with their biological sex at birth.

Reached for comment about the policy and related lawsuit by the AP, DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin highlighted the common-sense nature of the rule change, and asked rhetorically, "Does the AP want female travelers to be subjected to pat-downs by male TSA officers?"

"What a useless and fundamentally dangerous idea, to prioritize mental delusion over the comfort and safety of American travelers," she added.