The Enola Gay and the secret history behd the Hiroshima missn - Washgton Post

Contents:

• THE GAY-FRIENDLIT AIRL THE SKI
• OPENLY GAY PILOT LEAVG NAVY AFTER HARASSMENT
• DELTA AMONG 2021 GAY TRAVEL AWARD WNERS FOR THE SPIR OF CLIVENS AND HOSPALY EXCELLENCE
• NATNAL GAY PILOTS ASSOCIATN SPREADS ADVOCY BEYOND FLIGHT CK
• GAY PILOTS BRG LOVE OF AVIATN TO HELP KICK OFF PRI MONTH CEDAR RAPIDS
• HIROSHIMA’S ENOLA GAY RRIED 12 MEN, HOPE AND THE WORLD’S ADLIT WEAPON

THE GAY-FRIENDLIT AIRL THE SKI

When his flight land, his cellular service returned and he noticed a new notifitn on the gay datg app. Thorn said that acrdg to the gay datg app, the man was 90 feet away om him, and the man’s profile featur a photo of the sky taken om the ckp.

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OPENLY GAY PILOT LEAVG NAVY AFTER HARASSMENT

For an explanatn of our Advertisg Policy, vis this recent years, many airl have woken up to the tth that our gay brothers and sisters are here, they're queer and they love to travel. As we wrap up Natnal LGBT Pri Month — and celebrate SCOTUS' momento lg for gay marriage —I'm takg an -pth look at which airl are showg their te rabow lors. While we n never top the always-hilar Pam Ann's A-to-Z Airle Gui, here's a look at the gay-iendlit airl the THAT's a iendly sky!

DELTA AMONG 2021 GAY TRAVEL AWARD WNERS FOR THE SPIR OF CLIVENS AND HOSPALY EXCELLENCE

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That's walkg the lov the gays, and shows! Amerin AirlAmerin Airl is on our list of gay-iendly fav, as well.

The airle was certaly ahead of the pack 2007 wh s Pk Flight, which featured a drag queen stewarss, pk airplane food and a shirtls petn on s way om SFO to the Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras the plane got primped!

NATNAL GAY PILOTS ASSOCIATN SPREADS ADVOCY BEYOND FLIGHT CK

Photo urty of Peapple then 2010, an otherwise amg -flight safety vio featurg the All Blacks gby team had a weirdly homophobic moment (start at 2:55) that sparked enough plats to have the vio pulled. Among the are Athlete Ally, Boston Gay Men's Chos, Empire State Pri Agenda, Natnal Lbian & Gay Journalists Associatn, New York Cy Anti-Vlence Project, PFLAG NYC, Transgenr Legal Defense & Edutn Fund and pri celebratns at s foc ci Long Beach, CA and San Juan, Puerto Ri. Now substute the term LGBTQ+ for left-hand, and you have the plight of many gay persons—we e the term gay clively here.

This is part the reason behd the creatn of the Natnal Gay Pilots Associatn.

The Natnal Gay Pilots Associatn, the worldwi LGBTQ+ aviatn muny, was tablished 1990 primarily as a social anizatn. June is a by month for the anizatn bee is Pri Month, marked by paras and other celebratns held around the world to regnize the impact that lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr dividuals have had on history. It is celebrated June to memorate the 1969 Stonewall Uprisg Manhattan, New York, which was a turng pot for the Gay Liberatn Movement the Uned Stat.

GAY PILOTS BRG LOVE OF AVIATN TO HELP KICK OFF PRI MONTH CEDAR RAPIDS

“In the flight environment, there are those who will qutn someone’s aviatn pabily based on what they do not unrstand or do not accept.”Brian Gambo, print, Natnal Gay Pilots Associatn. He not that NGPA events give LGBTQ+ aviators a chance to relax and be themselv—and sometim that is difficult to do the aviatn workplace where they may enunter bigotry, homophobia, and transphobia. It n manift the form of a worker g the word “gay” as a pejorative adjective or when someone misgenr-intifi someone by g the wrong pronouns or “adnam” them, the practice of g the former name of a transgenr dividual rather than the name they have chosen that better aligns wh their inty.

“For example, you might be on a four–day trip and have to spend hours and hours the ckp wh someone who is homophobic, and you have to judge the suatn and pick your battl.”. The NGPA has a homophobia and transphobia reportg le where people who have had negative teractns the workplace n share them, perhaps as a warng to others about what to expect at a particular bs. Warfield intified as gay growg up and when she me out to her fay, they said, “We love you, and we want you to be happy.” Today, Warfield’s fay clus her wife, Nancy.

They have been together for 28 years and were officially married October 2013, when gay marriage was legalized Washgton state.

HIROSHIMA’S ENOLA GAY RRIED 12 MEN, HOPE AND THE WORLD’S ADLIT WEAPON

Many are unaware of the ia that Santos-Dumont was gay.

The history of homosexualy and aviatn is not wily rearched or for that matter acknowledged, yet there is a rich history volvg this quiet group the field startg wh one of the first pneers. The aviatn muny is startg to foc on this group of dividuals startg wh the Natnal Gay Pilots Associatn (NGPA). Formed twenty years ago, the NGPA’s missn is to enurage gays and lbians to enter to the field of aviatn through tn, outreach programm and social events.