U.N. Report Says Counterterrorism Measures 'Risk Unduly Penalizing Transgender Persons'

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The UN is now saying that the need to preserve the rights of transvestites to keep their winkies hidden from security is out weighing the need to search for hidden weapons on flights.

I say that we discriminate. Put hippies, lawyers and bureaucrats on the same planes as the possible terrorists and don't screen. If the trannies prefer to fly the unscreened flight, then they can die like the rest. of the worthless types.

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/55739

A report by U.N. Special Rapporteur Martin Scheinin that is awaiting approval by the United Nations General Assembly says that security measures taken to detect terrorists "risk unduly penalizing transgender persons whose personal appearance and data are subject to change."

The report, which was issued August 3, places emphasis on "persons of diverse sexual orientation and gender identities" and recommends that counterterrorism operations be more sensitive to gender issues.

On page 19 the report says: "Enhanced immigration controls that focus attention on male bombers who may be dressing as females to avoid scrutiny make transgender persons susceptible to increased harassment and suspicion."

Just a few sentences later, Scheinin writes that "counter-terrorism measures that involve increased travel document security, such as stricter procedures for issuing, changing and verifying identity documents, risk unduly penalizing transgender persons whose personal appearance and data are subject to change."

"This," he claims, "jeopardizes the right of persons of diverse sexual orientations and gender identities to recognition before the law"

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