{"id":32058,"date":"2021-04-12T13:42:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T17:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/?p=32058"},"modified":"2021-04-08T10:54:14","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T14:54:14","slug":"how-to-run-a-quota-based-operation-in-a-transgender-friendly-manner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/12\/how-to-run-a-quota-based-operation-in-a-transgender-friendly-manner\/","title":{"rendered":"How to run a quota-based operation in a transgender-friendly manner?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Pilot friends are still talking about the new United Airlines training operation in which half of the slots are reserved for people who fall into one or more victimhood categories (white women, Black men, anyone “of color”, etc.; see Fly the Quota Skies<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m a little confused as to how this can operate in a world where we recognize that gender ID, and therefore victimhood group membership, is fluid, transitory, and unmoored to our DNA and anatomy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Suppose that Larry Localizer identifies as a “white male” through age 18. She decides, shortly before applying to train\/work at United Airlines, that Loretta Localizer is a better fit for her current gender ID. If questioned, Loretta says “I am large, I contain multitudes [of gender IDs].” Loretta qualifies under whatever reduced standards United has for the “quota half” of the pool and is admitted. When she arrives on campus, however, she says “Call me Larry. I experienced some gender dysphoria over the summer and now I identify as a man.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now United’s carefully chosen mixture of trainees is messed up due to an excess of student pilots identifying as white males. I can see how a skin color-based quota system could work, assuming that applicants are denied the use of makeup or tanning beds, because United could apply an objective test with a color temperature meter<\/a>. But how does a quota system based on gender ID work at an employer that #FollowsScience regarding LGBTQ?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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United Airlines supports the “Transgender Law Center”, from which they might be hearing if they were to terminate Loretta\/Larry due to her\/his\/zis\/their gender fluidity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Transgender Law Center is the largest national trans-led organization. Grounded in legal expertise and racial justice, TLC employs community-driven strategies to keep trans and gender nonconforming people alive and thriving.

Donate to @TransLawCenter<\/a>: https:\/\/t.co\/qSK8Geo7OT<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/s232T6bd8T<\/a><\/p>— United Airlines (@united) June 25, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote>