This day is just getting better. Try getting through airport security as a bald trans women wearing a headscarf.. Apparently asking someone to take off a wig wouldn't be okay but asking someone to take of a headscarf is.
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Passed through another security check with it. This time nobody cared about my Estrogel, but the headscarf was an issue again. But they were much friendlier and clearly were trained on how to handle trans people. For ex, they asked me if I want a man or woman to pad me down..
Also love going through a body scanner and having it go 
watch out that they don't get taken off you at another check!
...there are in fact lots of knitter tricks for hiding knitting needles, such as in the makeup bag/pencil case or (for 2's) inside an umbrella's ribs.I first said "I really don't care" and they replied we don't care either but you have make that choice and I selected patdown by women and indeed it felt much less intrusive. Weird that.. I'd say because of this encounter it actually was a positive experience overall..
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So apparently the TSA has an explicit rule that permits knitting needles in hands-on baggage and knitting on airplanes. So I guess I know what I will do the next 10 hours.. :D Woohoo!
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Hah! I guess it really is all about subjective feelings of being threatening...
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