Help- Who searches a transgendered person??

topic posted Thu, January 17, 2008 - 11:53 AM by  Allison 		Share/Save/Bookmark
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Hi everyone- I volunteer at a theater, where part of our regular policy is that patrons get searched before entering- male by male, female by female (the show is Rocky Horror, so this sort of thing is actually needed.) But when it comes to legality, who is supposed to search a F-t-M or M-t-F who is pre-op or pre-hormone?? What way of going about this would cause less trouble for our theater?

Many Thanks,
Allison
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  • Weazie
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    Re: Help- Who searches a transgendered person??

    Thu, January 17, 2008 - 12:43 PM
    Your theater isn't legally obligated to search anyone, so there's no legal answer.

    I would suggest this, tho:

    If there's someone not fitting into the binary M/F, say to the person, "The theater has a policy of searching all patrons. Do you have a preference for the gender of the person performing the search?"
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