Gay male flight attendants I’m So Exced: The history of the gay steward stereotype.

Contents:

• HILAR FLIGHT ATTENDANT GAYS IT UP FOR PRE-FLIGHT SAFETY SPEECH
• HOW THE GAY AIRLE STEWARD BEME A STEREOTYPE
• THE GAY FLIGHT ATTENDANT

HILAR FLIGHT ATTENDANT GAYS IT UP FOR PRE-FLIGHT SAFETY SPEECH

Passengers flyg om Chigo to San Francis were then treated to four very gay, very hilar mut of remrs about how to buckle their seat belts, where to lote their life prervers, and what to do the event of a prsn that clud lots of attu, as well as referenc to Gone Wh The Wd and Bye Bye Birdie. Subscribe to Queerty for a daily dose of #entertament #gay #southwtairl stori and more. Some mentary on Pedro Almodóvar’s new edy I’m So Exced has noted that rerc gay stereotyp, particularly the characters of s sassy male flight attendants, who are all gay.

When did the gay steward bee such a mon stereotype?

HOW THE GAY AIRLE STEWARD BEME A STEREOTYPE

Some stewards were hired back after returng om World War II—often out of a sense of loyalty or patrtic duty—but bee they performed what was nsired “women’s work, ” they were thought to be effemate and were therefore spected of beg homosexual, acrdg to the bias of the time. This perceptn was further rerced when the killg of a gay male flight attendant a “lover’s lane” Miami brought the stereotype to the headl of sensatnal stori the Miami Daily News.

In the macho, homophobic years of the 1950s, this provoked a crackdown on the cy’s unrground gay muny, and stori like the were seen as evince that gay people were “perverts. ” Many airl (some of which traed their stewards Miami) turn quietly did away wh hirg stewards, both gay and straight.

THE GAY FLIGHT ATTENDANT

Ever sce, men have generally prised about 15 percent of flight attendants, pendg on the airle, and a high percentage of the men returng to the ranks of the flight attendant rps the 1970s were gay. For gay men, there were many reasons to bee a flight attendant— wasn’t jt the willgns of many to do stereotypilly feme work.