How does a gender non-conforming person l travel ( air, hotel, cruise) in this world without getting in to an issue?
Besides my car, I have not traveled en femme. I do plan on flying pretty eventually. Whenever I start to pack for a business trip I think about how much that would be, but by the time I get to the airport, suffer through the hell that TSA is, and eventually board the plane, I think that I never want to fly again ever.
I do have many friends who do fly en femme and I have heard nothing but positive experiences. The TSA does appear to be very accommodating to gender non-confirming and non-binary passengers.
From their website:
TSA recognizes the concerns that some members of the transgender/non-binary/gender nonconforming traveling public have with screening technology and certain security screening procedures, and is committed to ensuring all passengers are treated with respect and dignity. Screening is conducted without regard to a person’s race, color, sex, gender, gender identity, national origin, religion or disability.
As for hotels, the only relevant experience I have is when I booked a room for a photo shoot and I did this under my male name with my credit card. I checked into the hotel en femme and I had to present my ID and credit card. I obviously didn’t look like my ID photo but no one batted an eyelash.
I’ve never gone on a cruise so I am afraid I can’t comment on that. I suppose different cruise lines, like airlines, have different procedures.
One thing to keep in mind is that not everything we do en femme will go as smoothly as we would like. Not everyone in the world will be happy to see us. There may be some subtle hostility. This is because many things we do require human interaction. An airline could be the biggest LGBTQ+ ally in the history of the world, but if the attendant checking your boarding pass hates transgender people then we might not have the experience we expect and deserve.
Love, Hannah
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Hannah McKnight 
That is a good question but not something I’ve thought about,
In the UK you have to travel as your male person however your going unless you have changed your passport legally and driving licence
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I have not traveled by air, but I have checked in to many hotels while presenting as a woman. I have always had pleasant experiences and in some instances been received with genuine enthusiasm when the front desk checked my ID.
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Your post, as always is spot on Hannah. In fact, having done a fair share of traveling to attend conventions, it appears that those airlines, hotels, events, etc with policies to protect us have some of the rudest most outspoken employees. Which is probably why the policies got adopted.
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I think you might find its a two way street, your unsure of how to travel en-fem and what might happen if you get something wrong, you might have to deal with some Trump clone/cretin .
Just imagine been a airline check-in person, the person attempting to check does not look like their photo, its been drilled into them that you have you must react in a given matter, even when you might have worked out the person your dealing with is harmless trans person. Just what do you do ?
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Hannah what going to happen when we need real Id or password port -pic doesn’t match your id or password?
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Oh, I have no idea. I haven’t seen what TSA will do once Real ID is fully implemented
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