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Their actions were futile, as the lists were thankfully never acted upon. For the gay male flight attendant, the s were seen as a lost decade in terms of recognition from the industry. The career was predominantly all female, all white and all young. Airlines began to do away with the mothering and caring imagery of the stewardess, instead making the female crew an object of desire for the high paying male business passengers with their mini-skirts and knee-high boots. The small group of male stewards that did remain tended to be very senior and very well paid, hired during the earlier decades.

One man who had watched closely the outcome of the Act was Celio Diaz.

Diaz had applied to Pan American previously, but as the airline still up held its women-only policy his application was rejected. When Diaz applied again in , bolstered by the outcome of the new laws, he was confident he would be more successful.

Rejected for a second time he took the airline to court. When the hearing eventually reached the court of appeal, the airlines discriminatory policy was outed, as the judge concluded that the role of a flight attendant was to transport passengers and not reassure their masculinity. However, by the time the case was resolved in and with the age limit for crew still in force, Diaz was now too old to apply.

His dream of travelling the world was not to be. Although Diaz himself was not gay, his success in court opened the doors for other male crew, both gay and straight, to apply and his legacy allowed many men to fulfil their dreams and take to the skies. As the decade progressed, this new gender balance meant that the sexual image of the stewardess had to be played down, highlighted by the return of more conservative cabin crew uniforms. By the late s and early 80s however, a much bigger and more tragic crisis faced the gay community, both in the skies and on the ground.

As there was such a large number of homosexual men in the aviation industry, it came as no surprise that many of those who lost their lives were crew.

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Just as attitudes were changing towards male flight attendants and battles were slowly being won for equality, the disease came along and set back narrow-minded opinions by years. Some airlines decided to ground crew who had been diagnosed and in one case, a crew member who they merely suspected. Passengers and even fellow cabin crew, became wary of travelling and working in the confined spaces found onboard aircraft with those who could be unwell; an attitude brought on by fear, poor education and lack of knowledge.

These prejudices and fear tactics were not just confined to America.

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In the UK, Dan Air later admitted that they too had stopped hiring male flight attendants in late Their decision was over-ruled by the equal opportunities commission in October and once again men were subsequently hired by the airline. But with time, came research and with research came a greater understanding of the illness.

The message, sent by the pilots, eventually leaked to the press causing an uproar among the gay community. Fearing a backlash, and as so many gay people were known to work for the company, American went on to educate its employees and become the first US airline to commit to nondiscrimination of its staff and passengers. The carrier also later teamed up with LGBT organisations such as Stonewall, paving the way for other carriers such as easyJet and British Airways to follow suit and today regularly sponsor and enter their own floats in Gay-Pride events around the world.

So where are we today in terms of homophobia and equality within the industry? Thanks to the early court battles won by the likes of Celio Diaz , airlines are unable to discriminate in terms of sexuality, race or religion. But more and more straight men also now apply for the role. Attitudes towards the gay community have also rapidly moved on since the early days of flying, both socially and politically. Unfortunately, homophobia does still exist and with the airline industry having such a large gay community, it is no surprise that it still remains prevalent in the confines of an aircraft.

I spoke to some airline colleagues and asked if they had experienced any homophobia during their time in aviation. Many said they had never suffered or witnessed any abuse. Others shocked me with tales of both physical and verbal attacks. By simply typing in the words homophobia and flight attendant into an internet search engine, I was stunned by the number of widely reported cases even today, of homophobia in the aviation industry.

Passengers are often the worse. Often, when you get a group of young lads onboard there will be some derogatory comments aimed at the male crew. Even my straight colleagues have told me of times where a homophobic comment has been made towards them, further highlighting how all male crew are often tarred with the same brush. She was subsequently offloaded from the flight, taking her very embarrassed husband and unsuspecting children with her. Sometimes, the homophobic attacks can be so severe that the passengers involved end up in court and these incidents are widely reported in the press.

In a flight from Manchester to the Dominican Republic had to divert to Bermuda after three passengers became drunk and traded homophobic abuse with the male cabin crew. One was later charged by British police, while a second man involved was deported back to the UK. In , Merseyside man John Hawkins 32, was jailed for eight months after his homophobic tirade on a Thomas Cook flight from Manchester to the Canary Islands.

Later that year, Thomas Delaney , 40, was sentenced to a 12 months community order and hours of unpaid work after he made numerous homophobic slurs towards two male easyJet cabin crew on a flight to Alicante.

And in March , Thomas Sleigh , 45, was found guilty of sexually assaulting a Ryanair cabin crew member during a trip from Murcia to Manchester. He was also given a five-year notification requirement, which meant he must continue to register his details to the police and inform them of any changes of circumstances. And what about our airline colleagues? I was shocked to hear the number of homophobic incidents from fellow cabin crew and pilots.

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