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• ALASKA AIRL: GAY UPLE SEPARATED, SEATS GIVEN TO STRAIGHT UPLE
• GAY UPLE ON ALASKA AIRL FLIGHT SEPARATED FOR STRAIGHT UPLE
• ALASKA AIRL ACCED OF SEPARATG A GAY UPLE SO HETEROSEXUAL UPLE ULD S TOGETHER
• ALASKA AIR FAC BACKLASH AFTER GAY UPLE FORCED TO GIVE UP SEATS
• GAY UPLE LEFT 'HUIATED' AFTER BEG ASKED TO MOVE ON ALASKA AIRL FLIGHT SO STRAIGHT UPLE ULD S TOGETHER

ALASKA AIRL: GAY UPLE SEPARATED, SEATS GIVEN TO STRAIGHT UPLE

Alaska Airl is apologizg for an overbookg suatn which a gay uple was asked to relquish their seats to a heterosexual pair.

He was given a choice to eher give up the premium seat and move to ach or get off the plane, " Cooley, owner of the inic LA gay bar The Abbey wrote a Facebook post shared more 2, 100 tim.

"I nnot believe that an airle this day and age would give a straight uple preferential treatment over a gay uple and go so far as to ask to leave.

GAY UPLE ON ALASKA AIRL FLIGHT SEPARATED FOR STRAIGHT UPLE

Gay uple are kicked out of their seats on an Alaskan Airl flight so a straight uple uld s togetherDavid Cooley and his partner were travellg om JFK to LAX on SundayThey were seated premium class and his partner was asked to move to achFeelg discrimated agast, they stead left the plane and got another flightAlaskan said mistakenly booked two people the same seat Updated: 09:30 BST, 1 Augt 2018. A gay uple was forced to s separately on an Alaskan Airl flight to make room for a straight uple. David Cooley said he and his partner were flyg om New York JFK to LAX when a flight attendant asked his pann to move seatsCooley owns gay LA nightclub The Abbey, where he was pictured wh Diana Ross January'He was given a choice to eher give up the premium seat and move to ach or get off the plane.

'Mr Cooley, who ns two gay nightclubs Hollywood cludg The Abbey, said he had never before been so discrimated agast while travelg. 'I nnot believe that an airle this day and age would give a straight uple preferential treatment over a gay uple and go so far as to ask to leave. Alaska Airl apologized after a gay uple were forced to give up their seats so a straight uple uld s together.

Alaska Airl fac a public-relatns storm after a gay uple were forced to give up their seats on a flight om New York Cy to Los Angel on Sunday to make room for a straight uple.

ALASKA AIRL ACCED OF SEPARATG A GAY UPLE SO HETEROSEXUAL UPLE ULD S TOGETHER

Henry Harteveldt, an airle analyst wh Atmosphere Rearch Group, said an terview that Alaska had prevly earned a reputatn as a gay-iendly airle.

“As an airle analyst who has known Alaska for a long time, and who also happens to be gay, I know that Alaska and Virg Ameri are two of the most supportive airl the bs of their LGBT employe and the LGBT muny, ” Harteveldt said. David Cooley, owner of a popular upsle gay bar the Wt Hollywood sectn of Los Angel, reunted the cint posts on Facebook and Twter.

He add: “I nnot believe that an airle this day and age would give a straight uple preferential treatment over a gay uple and go so far as to ask to leave. Egan poted out that Alaska Air Chief Executive Brad Tiln has promently and publicly champned marriage equaly and, as a Boy Sut lear, the acceptance of gay Suts the anizatn. Jan Brewer that helped persua her to veto a proposed law that would have allowed bs to voke relign and ny service to gay people.

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

But he said he’s certa the cint was a genue mistake rather than due to bias agast gays.

GAY UPLE LEFT 'HUIATED' AFTER BEG ASKED TO MOVE ON ALASKA AIRL FLIGHT SO STRAIGHT UPLE ULD S TOGETHER

The Alaska Airl webse clus a page voted to “gay travel, ” which enurag LGBT travel and highlights gay-iendly statns that support marriage equaly, Pri celebratns, and other events of tert to the gay muny. On Twter, Billy Eichner, the gay actor and edian known for his fx anger and for his TV show “Billy on the Street, ” rpond to Alaska’s onle apology wh a le that summed up the public-relatns problem the airle now fac.

Sign up to Simon Calr’s ee travel email for expert advice and money-savg disuntsGet Simon Calr’s Travel emailA gay uple were left feelg “huiated” and “discrimated agast” after beg asked to s separately on an Alaska Airl flight so a straight uple uld s Cooley, a Los Angel rtrant owner, wrote a Facebook post about their experience on flight 1407 om John J Kennedy Airport to LAX on Sunday 29 July. “I nnot believe that an airle this day and age would give a straight uple preferential treatment over a gay uple and go so far as to ask to leave.

”Cooley, who owns proment LA gay bar The Abbey, fished up his post by askg people to boytt the airle after the uple’s treatment.