Virg Atlantic lnch 'Pri' flight wh LGBTQ crew | Gay and lbian travel | The Guardian

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• UP, UP AND A-GAY VIRGIN PRIDE FLIGHT TAKES TO THE SKIES
• ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI

UP, UP AND A-GAY VIRGIN PRIDE FLIGHT TAKES TO THE SKIES

And while we love celebratg Pri month each June, Virg champns LGBTQ+ rights all year round, and has done om the very a long history of supportg LGBTQ+ rights, Richard Branson began supportg the gay muny nearly 50 years ago, when he started the Stunt Advisory Centre. He realised many young gay people were beg ostracised and wanted to meet other gay people and feel part of a muny. Virg Rad UKIts re programmg will addrs important issu for the LGBTQ+ muny, sparkg nversatns around topics such as Trans-rights, gay adoptn issu, livg wh HIV and helpg parents unrstand LGBTQ+ issu by workg closely wh var LGBTQ+ partners.

ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI

While many of the battl have been won the Wt, there are still untri where people n be locked up for life or stoned to ath for beg gay. The Virg Atlantic Pri Flight will feature drag queen bgo and live performanc honor of WorldPri and the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall rts, which igned the morn gay rights movements. 30pm wh Virg Atralia and Uned Airl’ guts set to scend for plimentary drks and entertament, all clud the Pri Flight ticket rpect of the history of the muny, Virg Atralia Flight numbers for the 2023 Pri Flights will reprent signifint dat for the LGBTQ+ muny:VA 2000 Brisbane to Sydney – the year 2000 marked the first World Pri eventVA 1978 Melbourne to Sydney – 1978 Sydney hosted s first Mardi Gras ParaVA 1975 Alai to Sydney – 1975 was the year South Atralia beme the first Atralian state to crimalise male homosexualyVA 2017 Perth to Sydney – same-sex marriage was legalised Atralia 2017Virg AtraliaVirg Atralia Group CEO Jayne Hrdlicka said: “At Virg Atralia we pri ourselv on creatg a fun, thentic and clive workplace and ’s credibly important that we e our voice to champn the LGBTQIA+ muny the plac we live, work and fly.

“Each year sce our main Pri Flight 2021, we have doubled Pri Flight servic to Sydney, and 2023 will be no different – we’re exced to once aga be flyg even more guts ‘Pri style’ to Atralia’s largt gay and lbian celebratn Atralia“We are also workg wh our credible partners at Uned Airl to offer a Pri Flight direct om San Francis to Sydney. Rather than a cheeky nuendo, the special flight number was chosen to memorate the year 1969, when the Stonewall rts took place and igned the morn gay rights movement. He held urt at his seat, welg visors to drop by for a chat and to reflect upon the progrs of gay muny the five s sce that fateful eveng.

“A gay flight: done.

“We thought the bt way to celebrate World Pri would be to vis other ci that are fabuloly gay and supportive…to share our story and form a sense of nnectn wh others. ”The Stonewall rts are wily acknowledged as havg sparked the mastream gay rights movement, wh the first gay pri march takg place across the US the followg Stonewall 50 edn of WorldPri NYC will feature more than 50 events, cludg march, parti, talks, performance, film and more durg June 2019, culmatg the Pri march on 30 month, female drag act Lacey Lou (real name Lacey McFayn) claimed she was dropped om the Virg Atlantic ad for the pri flight bee she’s a woman. World Pri is anised at an ternatnal level to celebrate Pri for those untri where homosexual activy is still illegal or reprsed, wh prev host ci cludg Rome, London and Toronto.

Dpe homosexualy beg illegal Qatar FIFA has nsistently reassured LGBTQ+ fans they will be safe to vis the untry. This is a landmark move, that mpaigners say is a victory the fight agast homophobia the Caribbean.