&gt; If anything FAA regulations for recreational pilots can be absurdly lax.<p>Not if you&#x27;re transgender. I&#x27;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&#x27;ll order you to immediately turn over your license and won&#x27;t give it back until you&#x27;ve gone through a ridiculously onerous set of psych evals.<p>The FAA actively and deliberately holds trans people to more stringent standards than cis people, and they treat trans pilots like criminals.