[amyjess]

> If anything FAA regulations for recreational pilots can be absurdly lax.

Not if you're transgender. I've heard from multiple people in the trans community that as soon as the FAA finds out a pilot is trans, they immediately begin treating you like a potential terrorist. They'll order you to immediately turn over your license and won't give it back until you've gone through a ridiculously onerous set of psych evals.

The FAA actively and deliberately holds trans people to more stringent standards than cis people, and they treat trans pilots like criminals.

[magic_beans]

Source?