An Arizona mother is calling out Delta Air Lines after she said she could not buy a plane ticket for her nonbinary child due to the airline’s lack of gender options during the booking process.
— already provide a drop-down menu during the booking process that is inclusive of nonbinary travelers.
After Henry reached out to Delta about its lack of gender options, a Delta supervisor pointed her to the company’s policy, which only recognizes male and female genders, Henry said.. “The supervisor said that’s not true. But when a policy makes it impossible to buy a ticket that will comport with TSA guidelines, the result is the same. And that’s discrimination.”
Josh Block, a senior attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union’s LGBT & HIV Project, said Delta’s current policy is discriminatory, noting that several courts affirm the rights of the transgender community.