Tell: An Intimate History of Gay Men the Milary | GQ

Contents:

• HOW THE GAY AIRLE STEWARD BEME A STEREOTYPE
• ALASKA AIRL GIFTS PASSENGERS A EE FLIGHT FOR GAY PRI MONTH
• FLY THE GAY-IENDLY SKI: ALASKA AIRL GO ALL OUT
• THE GAY-FRIENDLIT AIRL THE SKI
• ALASKA AIR FAC BACKLASH AFTER GAY UPLE FORCED TO GIVE UP SEATS
• TELL: AN INTIMATE HISTORY OF GAY MEN THE MILARY

HOW THE GAY AIRLE STEWARD BEME A STEREOTYPE

The historic flight took off on the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Inn raids, which are nsired one of the first major events of the gay rights and liberatn movement the flight parted Philalphia Internatnal Airport (PHL) for New York-LaGuardia (LGA) and was operated wh an Embraer E-190. 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.

ALASKA AIRL GIFTS PASSENGERS A EE FLIGHT FOR GAY PRI MONTH

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.

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.

FLY THE GAY-IENDLY SKI: ALASKA AIRL GO ALL OUT

As Tiemeyer wr, “the aisl and galleys of airplan, as well as crew hotels and crash pads, served the same role that other gays and lbians found bars: a place where they uld meet others like themselv and even embrace their same-sex sir for the first time. They timated that “between 30 and 50 percent of male flight attendants were gay the 1950s, and between 50 and 90 percent the 1970s. A very troublg vio has surfaced of an Amerin Airl pilot who abed his posn by foistg his Christian ttimony on a full plane, cludg graphic tails of sexual explos, his so-lled nversn om homosexualy, and even an exprsn of suicidal thoughts.

It happened…I was left to al wh alone…I screamed to God every night that He would take away my ss and thoughts and rultg homosexual tennci. Aga this year, passengers n enjoy LQBTQ+ shows and movi like “RuPl’s Drag Race, ” “Love Simon, ” “Transfe” and “The Birdge, ” as well as listen to mic by gay-iendly artists cludg Torii Wolf, Sarah, the Illstmentalist and Low Girl. If thgs aboard Alaska Airl flights seem a b gay-obssed this month, ’s bee the pany has gone to new heights to celebrate Pri Month.

” As ctomers board this month, the airl is playg gay-iendly boardg mic by artists such as Torii Wolf, Sarah, the Illstmentalist, and Low Girl. The love story is promently featured on s blog, which also has a photo of a young boy si a gay-rated airplane, as he sports a Pri Plane t-shirt.

THE GAY-FRIENDLIT AIRL THE SKI

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! In the hands of another pany, s 2010 PR mpaign to have the first -flight gay and lbian weddg ceremoni would have been nothg more than a stunt.

ALASKA AIR FAC BACKLASH AFTER GAY UPLE FORCED TO GIVE UP SEATS

SAS is also a member of the Stockholm Gay and Lbian Network, and partners wh VisSwen the US, which promot Swen as a leadg LGBT urty of Leonard Zhovsky / ShutterstockDelta Air LNext on our list of fav is Delta: Not only has the airle been rporate a sponsor of and participant yearly Pri events ("NYC Pri, LA Pri, Utah Pri Ftival, Motor Cy Pri, Seattle PriFt, Tw Ci Pri, Atlanta Pri and Pri Toronto, among other ftivals"), but has proudly claimed s mment to LGBT employe as well:We are proud to have been signated one of the Human Rights Campaign's (HRC) "Bt Plac To Work" for LGBT employe 2010 and 2011, and we ntue to earn near-perfect sr on HRC's Corporate Equaly Inx ever sce. 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! 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.

TELL: AN INTIMATE HISTORY OF GAY MEN THE MILARY

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. Tiemeyer also exam how this heavily gay-intified group of workers created an important place for gay men to e out, garner acceptance om their fellow workers, fight homophobia and AIDS phobia, and advote for LGBT civil rights. "—Havard Gay & Lbian Review"Tiemeyer's fascatg, -pth study reveals that the very assumptn that male flight attendants are gay has led to major nflicts--and major progrs.