Six U.S. airl got perfect sr on the 2017 Corporate Equaly Inx, which rat employers on their mment to workplace equaly for Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transsexual (LGBT) employe. Which airle has first mover advantage?
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- THE GAY-FRIENDLIT AIRL THE SKI
- JAGUARS STRENGTH COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY
- VIRG ATLANTIC FLI “GAY” PLANE TO DOHA WORLD CUP
THE GAY-FRIENDLIT AIRL THE SKI
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JAGUARS STRENGTH COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY
Jacksonville Jaguars associate strength ach Kev Maxen jt me out as gay. * lgbt airlines *
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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.
VIRG ATLANTIC FLI “GAY” PLANE TO DOHA WORLD CUP
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. 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.
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