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Contents:

• NATNAL GAY PILOTS ASSOCIATN
• FEDEX IS PROUD TO SUPPORT THE NATNAL GAY PILOTS ASSOCIATN
• NATNAL GAY PILOTS ASSOCIATN
• JO OUR WNG TEAM.
• NATNAL GAY PILOTS ASSOCIATN
• NAA’S HENRSON TROPHY HONORS THE NATNAL GAY PILOTS ASSOCIATN
• NATNAL GAY PILOTS ASSOCIATN
• NATNAL GAY PILOTS ASSOCIATN SPREADS ADVOCY BEYOND FLIGHT CK
• OUT OF THE CLOSET AND ON TO THE NWAY: GAY PILOTS
• THE GAY-FRIENDLIT AIRL THE SKI

NATNAL GAY PILOTS ASSOCIATN

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. Can an airle pilot be gay?

FEDEX IS PROUD TO SUPPORT THE NATNAL GAY PILOTS ASSOCIATN

Our employe n bee members of EQUAL, our clive bs rource group that benefs lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer and ally workers.

FedEx is proud to support the Natnal Gay Pilots Associatn. The NGPA is the largt anizatn of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr aviatn profsnals and enthiasts om around the world.

Natnal Gay Pilots Associatn at Wtern Michigan Universy is the send llegiate chapter to bee a part of the NGPA natnal work. 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.

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.

”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.

JO OUR WNG TEAM.

“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.

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

NATNAL GAY PILOTS ASSOCIATN

A handful of gay pilots gathered very discreetly to support each other and fight for equaly. It was a time when airle pilots risked losg their jobs or ary pilots dishonorably discharged for beg outed as gay. Over the urse of s over 25 year lifpan, the anizatn has sought to elimate the negative stigma of beg gay wh the aviatn dtry.

NAA’S HENRSON TROPHY HONORS THE NATNAL GAY PILOTS ASSOCIATN

For 2022, the NAA will prent the Henrson Trophy to the Natnal Gay Pilots Associatn (NGPA), the Worldwi LGBTQ Aviatn Communy, for s efforts to build, promote, and support the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer muny. NGPA at Oh State is a stunt chapter affiliated unr the Natnal Gay Pilots Associatn (NGPA).

When the Natnal Gay Pilots Associatn (NGPA), then known as the Gay Pilots Associatn was found 1990 their first few meetgs were very discreet events held Key Wt, Florida and Provcetown, Massachetts.

NATNAL GAY PILOTS ASSOCIATN

“Many of our ial members were the ary, so, the ‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy beg elimated [ 2011] I thk ntributed to some of our growth and acceptance … and SCOTUS’s lg about gay marriage last year was huge. NGPA’s webse featur a homophobia and transphobia cint reportg form.

“It’s very tailed and ’s anonymo, and ’s for our membership to report to if somethg happens at work [and] recently we had an FAA Airle Medil Examer (AME) office discrimate agast someone that was gay. NGPA boasts members South Ai, Atralia, Asia, all over the Middle East, membership some plac where people n be imprisoned jt for beg gay, “where there is certaly a lot more discrimatn than we ever have had here the Uned Stat”, not Pettet, and that’s why one of NGPA’s goals movg forward will be to expand their reach around the globe the next few years.

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).

NATNAL GAY PILOTS ASSOCIATN SPREADS ADVOCY BEYOND FLIGHT CK

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.

” Unfortunately this rgs te as gays and lbians still fight for social equaly. You don’t have to be gay to be part of the anisatn, but you need to be supportive of the lbian and gay muny. ” The NGPA provis an avenue for formg allianc wh bs and airl wh the aviatn muny while matag a fortable environment for gays and lbians to reach out for support.

OUT OF THE CLOSET AND ON TO THE NWAY: GAY PILOTS

Well I'm not a pilot (although I really wanted to be one when I was younger), but I am the gay grandson of a mercial pilot (Robson > Mohawk > Allegheny > USAIr) my pilot grandfather gay? Although she certaly wasn't homophobic, havg a few gay acquatanc herself, I still didn't know how she'd take . "Well, that's 'e I'm gay"My grandmother reactn was the bt.

"Oh, I always thought your grandfather was gay"Now was my turn to react.

THE GAY-FRIENDLIT AIRL THE SKI

You don't re that I'm gay? Beg A Gay Airle Pilot. However, what is like for gay mercial airle pilots?

It is readily apparent that there are numerso homosexual b crew members wh a great number of aircraft at any given time. Wh that said, what is the experience like for beg a homosexual the ckp? RE: Beg A Gay Airle Pilot.

That havg been said, as a teenager I too wanted to be an airle pilot, but didn't for fear of the anti-gay attus I thought pervad the flight ck. Sce then, I have been proven wrong by the numero gay airle pilots I have met, many of whom are out and well to their 40s. I've worked for airl for 11 I'm here to tell you there are plenty of gay airle pilots out there.