Standg head and shoulrs above the crowd support for marriage equaly for Atralia's LGBTQIA cizens is Qantas' chief executive officer Alan Joyce. Joyce — who himself is gay, and remas to RGN's knowledge the only airle CEO who is open about beg a member of the LGBTQIA muny — has long supported marriage equaly, even the face of beg attacked both verbally and physilly. Qantas, too, is a longtime supporter of queer muni and issu, cludg as a long-time participant Sydney's Mardi Gras, one of the world's largt pri events, featurg an aircraft wh a rabow-pated logo to mark this year's event.
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- GAY QANTAS CEO RPONDS CUTT WAY TO 10 YEAR OLD’S LETTER
- QANTAS CEO GETS PIE FACE FROM GAY MARRIAGE OPPONENT
GAY QANTAS CEO RPONDS CUTT WAY TO 10 YEAR OLD’S LETTER
For a untry that has an "openly gay Irish man" nng s most inic brand, the natn's lack of progrs on same-sex marriage is staggerg, Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce says. * qantas gay *
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Speakg about the postal ballot, Joyce told the BBC: “As an openly gay man and beg the lear of this anisatn and a high-profile bs lear Atralia, I felt was very important that I led by example and was out there promotg the se. Joyce praised Atralia for beg a “great merocracy”, addg: “Where else the world would you have an openly gay Irish man g to this untry to n probably the most inic Atralian brand the world?
QANTAS CEO GETS PIE FACE FROM GAY MARRIAGE OPPONENT
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” Deprsn the gay muny is twice that of the heterosexual populatn and suici rat for young gay mal are seven tim higher than for the heterosexual says the list of 50 LGBTI executive lears is a great iative. ”Takg flakWhen Joyce was growg up Ireland, was illegal to be homosexual. “Durg that dispute, there were a lot of very homophobic emails that me .
Such aggrsive negative language is particularly hurtful, he says, bee Nazi Germany, gay people had to wear a pk triangle and as many as 100, 000 died ncentratn Joyce and his partner, Shane Lloyd.
”Diverse backgroundsStudi show the pani that embrace diversy and cln are better at formulatg strategy, intifyg risks and implementg strategi, and that they fancially outperform the anisatns that don’ fact, Joyce says, the diversy of the executive learship team of 12, which clus three women, two of whom lead bs uns, and three gay men, who have worked as management nsultants, flight attendants, mathematicians and acuntants, has been ccial to the airle’s succsful transformatn.