TSA Precheck Issues
Hi all! I’m trying to reach out to my personal, local community but no one has any insight to offer, so here I am.
Me (NB23) and my boyfriend (M26) are both autistic trans poc about to travel to CA for a wedding.
I have OCD, as well, and because of it am absolutely not able to go through with any biometrics process. We are trying to complete TSA Precheck stuff so that the whole process can be a little easier. We are already utilizing ADA accommodations offered by JetBlue like priority seating and such, so we thought we were in a good spot!
This weekend and today specifically have been really disheartening, however. We have both changed our names legally as well as our socials, but we were not able to change our birth certificates in time before the current administration took over. We are not rich whatsoever and cannot afford to deal with any fines or loss of documentation; this, on top of the fact that both of our jobs are *thankfully* very accepting, means that our birth certificates were never an issue until now.
The online “pre” precheck form literally will not let us complete filling it out because of the mismatch in documentation. I’m really trying to figure out how we can work this out with an actual human being in person, but I haven’t found anything. So far, I’ve made one phone call and was immediately met with blatant disrespect. Every question I had, he answered with contempt and brushed me off; he even berated me for not having my BC updated.
Does ANYONE here have any experience with something like this with TSA, or any advice/recommendations on what to do moving forward? Our flight is on Thursday and this has all been so exhausting..
Thank you for any responses in advance 🫂🩶