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TSA PreCheck & Global Entry

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Update your name
YesAfter your legal name change
Gender markerThe sex or gender field (M, F, or X) printed on an ID document or stored in an agency's record.
LimitedM, F, or X offered

TSA PreCheck still lets you pick Male, Female, or "Another Gender" when you enroll, regardless of what your ID says, and TSA accepts state IDs with an X marker at checkpoints. Global Entry, run by Customs and Border Protection, uses your passport's sex marker and currently cannot show a changed marker or X.

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  1. How it works
  2. Steps
  3. Laws and other guides
  4. Sources

How it works

Airport screening: Your ID does not need to match your gender presentation, and a mismatch between the marker on your boarding pass and your ID is not a problem. TSA's body scanners are no longer gender-based, and you can always ask for a private screening or a same-gender officer.

TSA PreCheck: enrollment asks for gender and offers Male, Female, or Another Gender; your choice does not need to match your documents.

Global Entry / NEXUS / SENTRI: these CBP programs pull the sex marker from your passport. Under the January 2025 executive order the marker is frozen to sex at birth even if your passport was previously corrected.

Name changes: update your PreCheck or Global Entry profile online after your passport or ID is updated; there is no fee for the update.

Steps

  1. TSA PreCheck enrollment[1][2]

    Enroll online, choose the gender option you prefer, and finish at an enrollment center with your ID. The name must match the name on the ID you fly with.

  2. Update your name after a legal name change[1][2]

    Log in to your Trusted Traveler Programs account (Global Entry) or contact TSA (PreCheck) to update the name once your passport or ID reflects it, so your Known Traveler Number keeps working on reservations in the new name.

More detail

Laws and other guides2 other guides

Other trusted guides

Sources

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  1. Can I apply for TSA PreCheck if I am non-binary or gender non-conforming?Transportation Security Administration, Official page. accessed
  2. TSA PreCheck and Global Entry gender marker optionsThe Points Guy, News. accessed