One of Naval Aviatn's few openly gay pilots is leavg his ary reer behd after only six years, cg harassment as the reason.
Contents:
- OUT OF THE CLOSET AND ON TO THE NWAY: GAY PILOTS
- A GAY PILOT REFLECTS ON WHAT TRAVEL MEANS TO QUEER FOLKS
- GAY PILOTS: FLYG OVER THE RABOW
- HISTOIR éROTIQU GAY
- SENR GAY LA PILOTE HISTOIRE S RENNTR
- 'I DON'T FEEL PART OF THE MILARY ANYMORE': OPENLY GAY PILOT LEAV AFTER HARASSMENT
OUT OF THE CLOSET AND ON TO THE NWAY: GAY PILOTS
* histoire gay pilote *
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. ” Unfortunately this rgs te as gays and lbians still fight for social equaly.
A GAY PILOT REFLECTS ON WHAT TRAVEL MEANS TO QUEER FOLKS
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.
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 .
GAY PILOTS: FLYG OVER THE RABOW
"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. You don't re that I'm gay?
HISTOIR éROTIQU GAY
Unable to see anythg of the statn I’d flown so far to reach, I’d s at my hotel-room sk as I worked on my latt book, “Image a Cy: A Pilot’s Journey Across the Urban World, ” a memoir about growg up as a gay kid a small place and a pilot’s love letter to great metropolis, and wonred if might soon read as a memorial to a pla that had permanently, late sprg and wh most panmic rtrictns lifted, Montreal is bloomg.
SENR GAY LA PILOTE HISTOIRE S RENNTR
I’d turn my illumated globe and read out the nam of the ci on ; I’d assemble mol plan and move them down the nway I ma on my drser; I’d draw maps of the imagary cy that distracted and staed me, particularly whenever I stggled wh the realizatn that I was gay. After we’d checked to a hotel and sat down a rtrant whout anyone givg a send look, I wonred if I’d been too psimistic about the world and a gay kid’s future .
'I DON'T FEEL PART OF THE MILARY ANYMORE': OPENLY GAY PILOT LEAV AFTER HARASSMENT
Whatever the tth of Melville’s sexualy — as Andrew Delban not “Melville: His World and Work, ” ’s not easy to separate the tantalizg clu om the rponse of “gay rears who fd themselv drawn to him” — somethg impelled him to set out for the open ocean and the wonrs of distant ci. Pilots are jt normal men and women and many of them of urse are also gay. But what is life the crew rooms and ckps of the world like for gay pilots?