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Contents:

• A GAY PILOT REFLECTS ON WHAT TRAVEL MEANS TO QUEER FOLKS
• OPENLY GAY PILOT LEAVG NAVY AFTER HARASSMENT
• OUT OF THE CLOSET AND ON TO THE NWAY: GAY PILOTS
• GAY PILOT GIV BIZARRE RANT ON PLANE’S PA SYSTEM
• 'I DON'T FEEL PART OF THE MILARY ANYMORE': OPENLY GAY PILOT LEAV AFTER HARASSMENT
• GAY PILOTS BRG LOVE OF AVIATN TO HELP KICK OFF PRI MONTH CEDAR RAPIDS
• NATNAL GAY PILOTS ASSOCIATN TO HOST FIRST-OF-S-KD FLY- EVENT CEDAR RAPIDS
• KEV SPACEY DEFENDS COMG OUT AS GAY AFTER BEG ACCED OF SEXUAL MISNDUCT: ‘I WAS UNR A LOT OF PRSURE’

A GAY PILOT REFLECTS ON WHAT TRAVEL MEANS TO QUEER FOLKS

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.

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 . 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.

A after the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy end, one of Naval aviatn’s handful of openly gay pilots is on his way out. Adam Adamski said he felt supported as an openly gay pilot. Openly Gay Pilot Leavg Navy After Harassment.

OPENLY GAY PILOT LEAVG NAVY AFTER HARASSMENT

And I saw my drs wh draped over and around the TV and there was hard-re gay porn playg. “Both men and women and openly gay service members. VID: Openly Gay Pilot Leavg Navy After Harassment.

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.

OUT OF THE CLOSET AND ON TO THE NWAY: GAY PILOTS

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.

GAY PILOT GIV BIZARRE RANT ON PLANE’S PA SYSTEM

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.

Now substute the term LGBTQ+ for left-hand, and you have the plight of many gay persons—we e the term gay clively here. This is part the reason behd the creatn of the Natnal Gay Pilots Associatn. The Natnal Gay Pilots Associatn, the worldwi LGBTQ+ aviatn muny, was tablished 1990 primarily as a social anizatn.

June is a by month for the anizatn bee is Pri Month, marked by paras and other celebratns held around the world to regnize the impact that lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr dividuals have had on history. It is celebrated June to memorate the 1969 Stonewall Uprisg Manhattan, New York, which was a turng pot for the Gay Liberatn Movement the Uned Stat.

'I DON'T FEEL PART OF THE MILARY ANYMORE': OPENLY GAY PILOT LEAV AFTER HARASSMENT

”Brian Gambo, print, Natnal Gay Pilots Associatn. He not that NGPA events give LGBTQ+ aviators a chance to relax and be themselv—and sometim that is difficult to do the aviatn workplace where they may enunter bigotry, homophobia, and transphobia.

It n manift the form of a worker g the word “gay” as a pejorative adjective or when someone misgenr-intifi someone by g the wrong pronouns or “adnam” them, the practice of g the former name of a transgenr dividual rather than the name they have chosen that better aligns wh their inty. “For example, you might be on a four–day trip and have to spend hours and hours the ckp wh someone who is homophobic, and you have to judge the suatn and pick your battl.

The NGPA has a homophobia and transphobia reportg le where people who have had negative teractns the workplace n share them, perhaps as a warng to others about what to expect at a particular bs. Warfield intified as gay growg up and when she me out to her fay, they said, “We love you, and we want you to be happy. They have been together for 28 years and were officially married October 2013, when gay marriage was legalized Washgton state.

GAY PILOTS BRG LOVE OF AVIATN TO HELP KICK OFF PRI MONTH CEDAR RAPIDS

'I Don't Feel Part Of The Milary Anymore': Openly Gay Pilot Leav After Harassment One of Naval Aviatn's few openly gay pilots is leavg his ary reer behd after only six years, cg harassment as the reason.

'I Don't Feel Part Of The Milary Anymore': Openly Gay Pilot Leav After Harassment.

One of Naval Aviatn's few openly gay pilots is leavg his ary reer behd after only six years, cg harassment as the reason.

NATNAL GAY PILOTS ASSOCIATN TO HOST FIRST-OF-S-KD FLY- EVENT CEDAR RAPIDS

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: A after "don't ask, don't tell" end, one of Naval aviatn's few openly gay pilots is on his way out.

KPBS' Steve Walsh has the WALSH, BYLINE: For most of his six years the Navy, Litenant Adam Adamski says he felt supported as an openly gay pilot. And I saw my drs wh draped over and around the TV, and there was hardre gay porn His uniform was wrapped around a TV playg pornography. ADAMSKI: I received numero lls om people that are the closet that squadron, both men and women, and openly gay service members tellg me that they are upset and that they don't thk the climate, pecially for pilots, is a good climate that squadron and that they thk I should report The don't ask, don't tell policy end a ago, allowg LGBT service members to serve openly.

CEDAR RAPIDS — For the first time sce was found 1990, the Natnal Gay Pilots Associatn is holdg a major event flyover untry.

KEV SPACEY DEFENDS COMG OUT AS GAY AFTER BEG ACCED OF SEXUAL MISNDUCT: ‘I WAS UNR A LOT OF PRSURE’

On Sunday, the nonprof — which has 4, 100 LGBTQ pilots and aviatn profsnals — won’t be holdg s newt event gay mecs like Provcetown, Mass., or Palm Sprgs, Calif. In the Natnal Gay Pilots Associatn, visibily has not jt been a mody toted durg June’s Pri month — has saved liv. ” Comments: (319) 398-8340; Stephan Jansen Van Vuuren, a flight stctor and member of the Natnal Gay Pilots Associatn, anchors his aircraft Friday after flyg to The Eastern Iowa Airport.

More than 100 members of the Natnal Gay Pilots Associatn are expected to arrive wh their aircraft for the Wgs Over Iowa event on Sunday.