Why Air France's Gay Flight Attendants Still Have to Fly to Tehran—For Now

Contents:

• HOW THE GAY AIRLE STEWARD BEME A STEREOTYPE
• VIO: CLASSIC GAY FLIGHT ATTENDANTS SKETCH OM FAST FORWARD
• THE GAY FLIGHT ATTENDANT
• GAY FLIGHT ATTENDANTS:
• LARRY GAYE: RENEGA MALE FLIGHT ATTENDANT
• LARRY GAYE: RENEGA MALE FLIGHT ATTENDANT
• GAY MOSW · CY GUI
• DON'T ARGUE WH THE GAY FLIGHT ATTENDANT
• WHY AIR FRANCE'S GAY FLIGHT ATTENDANTS STILL HAVE TO FLY TO TEHRAN—FOR NOW

HOW THE GAY AIRLE STEWARD BEME A STEREOTYPE

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. When did the gay steward bee such a mon stereotype?

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. ” Many airl (some of which traed their stewards Miami) turn quietly did away wh hirg stewards, both gay and straight.

VIO: CLASSIC GAY FLIGHT ATTENDANTS SKETCH OM FAST FORWARD

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. For gay men, there were many reasons to bee a flight attendant— wasn’t jt the willgns of many to do stereotypilly feme work. 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.

THE GAY FLIGHT ATTENDANT

And I’d walk through termals, and I knew if there were gay men, they’d be lookg at me.

So how many flight attendants were and are gay? They timated that “between 30 and 50 percent of male flight attendants were gay the 1950s, and between 50 and 90 percent the 1970s.

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GAY FLIGHT ATTENDANTS:

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LARRY GAYE: RENEGA MALE FLIGHT ATTENDANT

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LARRY GAYE: RENEGA MALE FLIGHT ATTENDANT

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GAY MOSW · CY GUI

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I was recently terviewed by someone who asked, “Why are so many male flight attendants gay? The short answer is, beg a flight attendant is the bt job out there and gay men are obvly the most telligent people on the pla. For gay men, beg a flight attendant is all about inty – or rather, anonymy this se.

But while often tim even the most nservative person lov a sassy gay flight attendant, ’s still not necsarily the person they want their child brgg home to dner.

DON'T ARGUE WH THE GAY FLIGHT ATTENDANT

The flight attendant liftyle has remaed so appealg for gay men over the years bee like gay men, flight attendants e om all walks of life and face siar issu of self-inty.

At the end of the day, flight attendants around the globe look out for each other, jt as members of the gay muny often do, too. Beg a flight attendant allows a level of eedom to be exactly who you want to be, which often tim we don’t get the privilege of dog while growg up gay. So when someone asks why gay men bee flight attendants, ’s bee you n be anybody you want to be, but most importantly, you n jt be yourself.

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WHY AIR FRANCE'S GAY FLIGHT ATTENDANTS STILL HAVE TO FLY TO TEHRAN—FOR NOW

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