Transgender woman stopped by airport security after penis shown as 'anomaly' on scanner

A transgender woman was stopped by airport security after her penis showed up as an "anomaly" on a scanner.

Shadi Petosky was reduced to tears and missed her flight after officials detained her for 40 minutes at Orlando airport in the USA.

Live-tweeting her ordeal, the writer and producer said she had two full-body pat downs and had her luggage searched before being released.

As a result she missed her flight to Minneapolis and said she felt "embarrassed".

The Transportation Security Administration said in a tweet that it took all potential civil rights violations "very seriously" and was investigating the incident.

The organisation later tweeted: "TSA continues to work in partnership with representatives of the transgender community to discuss any concerns about the screening process."