I have never been so humiliated in my fucking life.
I’m moving back to the United States (not by choice) and got stuck flying through Heathrow.
I have (3) packers and (3) binders that I swap out to extend their use, and guess who got stopped for them to search my bag because an anomaly flagged up?
I’m so fucking angry and humiliated. I had to watch the border patrol agent pull faces in confusion at the screen seeing my packers, and then had to watch her open the box they’re stored in and swab them. It’s fucking baby powder they’re powdered in to keep them from being tacky- and I use a makeup brush to remove any excess. There’s hardly any powder left on them at all.
I had to repeat myself not once, but three times to explain to her that I’m trans. Eventually I bluntly said, “I’m trans. Those are my prosthetic dicks. I wear those. You’re effectively about to swab my dick.”
It didn’t register, and once it did I could tell she almost seemed as embarrassed as I felt. She tried to be quick, but either way she’s still having to swab my dicks for… drugs?
Regardless, I feel fucking humiliated and maybe this is a bit dramatic but I feel a bit violated too. Nobody has seen my dicks before apart from me, and now this random TSA lady and anyone else who possibly overheard me or saw what she was swabbing.
Am I overreacting or is this disgusting behaviour? I was held back for 30 fucking minutes during this exchange and had to rush to not miss my flight.