A week ago I flew to Orlando in male mode and had to go through the xray machine and failed the test due to a wallet in my back pocket. Yesterday I flew to LA for my first weekend as Michelle. It started off fine since I allowed plenty of time for the flight. I even had to wait at the gate for an hour because I allowed so much time for the security screening.
I couldn't find it written up about anyone going through the xray machine so I decided to be the first. Since it is still optional, I decided to intentionally go through the scanner. Everything went perfectly until I had to wait on the screener to get ok for me to go on. The xray person recognized something with my front torso, so I had a female TSA agent do a pat down on that area. I told her it was just breastforms and she quickly finished. Then because I had a foreign object on me, they required a bomb test on my hands. I quickly passed and was on my way in about 5 minutes.
So the moral to the story is that it is a little more trouble to go through those scanners but not much. So don't be scared to fly because it is such a non-issue. In fact I felt so much comfortable this flight (my 3rd) than any of the others. In fact on this one I talked a lot more and was my usual self.
I will be writing up on Tuesday about my weekend as Michelle. Thanks to AllieSF and Valarie Shields I will be given the royal guided tour of SF. I can't believe that after all of these years I am finally doing it.