Lesbian TV Star Leisha Hailey Booted Off Plane For Kissing Her Girlfriend

Apparently kissing your girlfriend isn't acceptable to the airline, who call themselves a 'family airline'. No gays allowed, I guess:

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/confidential/the-l-word-star-says-she-was-kicked-off-plane-for-lesbian-kiss/story-e6frf96o-1226147905568

The L Word is one of my favorite shows, and Leisha is an amazing young actress, and singer.
The airline says her 'behavior' was what got her kicked off - IF the display of affection was excessive, and she refused to stop, then hey, kick her off - as long as they would do the same to a heterosexual couple engaged in an excessive display of affection. Fair is fair, after all.

I don't know anything about this airline so am not sure if it has a history of kicking off gay people, and I don't understand the 'family' thing either.

Leisha has taken to Twitter to express her anger regarding her experience, and calls for everyone to boycott Southwest.

 

Expect lawsuits for discrimination.

 

Well, this is apparently the first time the airline has been accused of homophobia, so it will be interesting to see if other couples have been treated like she was.

 

The US is the least tolerant Western nation. It simply amazes me as to how many xenophobes there are there.

 

What's the problem? The airline said other passengers were complaining that the affection b/t the lesbians was excessive. I don't care what they are - homos or heteros - if people can't control themselves in public, including airplanes, then they should be booted off and told to find different transportation.

They weren't the only ones on that plane and other passengers & their kids and their comfort should matter too..... not many of us want to watch a couple acting like they can't wait for a bedroom..........

Good for Southwest!

 

The airline is the butt of jokes on latenight TV. And they have done some dumb things in the past, and this does not supprise me.

Too bad, I would like to see more women engauge in public displays of affection. Seems like the right thing to do.

 

A public airline is not their bedroom and escorting them off the plane after they were told to stop seems like the right thing to do......

 

And what if I complained about a man and a woman kissing? Would they be thrown off the plane? I don't think so.

 

Somewhat in the airline's defence, it seems they were kicked off the plane as a result of their reaction to the complaint rather than the kissing itself. They probably let their anger get the better of them and were aggressive or insulting to the staff (and regardless of the situation, there is no excuse for that).

I'd also suggest that any discrimination (in that a straight couple wouldn't have the same issue) is really down to American society rather than the airline specifically. I suspect they would respond to a number of complaints about a straight couple but they wouldn't be likely to receive as many complaints (similarly, I suspect there would be more complaints if it were two men).

The airline is a bit stuck between a rock and a hard place. Whether they respond to the complaints or not, someone is going to complain that it's discrimination and someone is likely to get angry about it. It's not an issue they can resolve on their own.

 

Bull dykes tend to be rather aggressive when challenged; they act like men. One of these chicks had to have been the "man" in the relationship. Plus, I would like to know exactly how they were "kissing". If it was just a peck on the lips, then yeah, the lesbos have a case here. But if they were in a full-blown make-out session, then yeah, the airline had every right to kick these butches off the plane. There has to be more to the story here.

 

Three weeks ago the airline was at the center of another drama involving a celebrity when the lead singer of American punk rock band Green Day said he was thrown off a flight in California because his pants were too low.

Billie Joe Armstrong, 39, was ejected from a Southwest Airlines flight following an altercation with an airline staff member who had asked him to pull up his pants.

don't see thay gay mafia complaining about this. Why is that?

 

there has to be more to this story here ^

seems likely

we are only getting one side of it

 

Had to be? There's no chance that their relationship doesn't fit your warped stereotype?

Would the same right extend to a straight couple doing the same thing?

 

I'm speechless. Speechless. I have no speech.

 

So what you're saying is that if it was a man, he would act like a man (rather agressive" as you put it. And would therefore have been automatically ejected. Because all men act the same.... Right?

Honestly, do you actually think before you type? Why is it all your posts are soo easy to poke holes in?

 

You guys are obviously ignorant as to the machinations of a typical relationship. Whether gay or straight, there is ALWAYS a "man" role and a "woman" role to every relationship. We straights tend to refer to the gay relationships as there is always a pitcher and a catcher, so to speak. Go out and look at these homo relationships sometime; they're no different than hetero relationships in the basic structure. There is always a "man" and a "woman", regardless of sexual orientation. One of them always has to be the most aggressive, or alpha, while the other always has to be the beta. Two alphas cannot co-exist in a relationship, just as two betas cannot co-exist either. There always has to be a dominant one in the relationship. Haven't any of you ever dated before?

 

Yep, there certainly is some ignorance in this thread.

Speechless. I am without speech.

 

You would benefit from less personal abuse, and more education on lesbian relationships.

Ignorance is nothing to be proud of my dear.

 

I know quite a few dykes, dude. I see the obvious, while you clearly do not. I suggest that you put aside your political correctness and look at the natural biological alpha-beta relationship structure between both sexual orientations before you attempt to "correct" me with your ignorance.

 

Straight or gay, go get a room. The airline did the right thing.

 

No, it's just that you're grossly over-simplifying and generalising them (with a negative connotation thrown in for good measure).

Everyone is different and while the principal of "opposites attract" carries a lot of weight, it's still perfectly possible for two people who are, for example, both generally not very aggressive (maybe one even less so) to be in a successful relationship. Not everyone fits your simple stereotypes.

 

This is one of the most ignorant statements posted for quite some time:

In fact, it's one of the most ignorant statements I've seen or heard on any subject in longer than I can remember.

Perhaps someone will trump it, however, I seriously doubt it.

There's no room in this thread for such ignorant, subjective views. That's what leads to homophobia in the first place.

 

Now you're turning into a broken record. Why don't you remain "speechless" and save us the bandwidth, already? PF.com is already having a hard enough time running on its own.

 

Excellent retort.

Point proven. Thank you.

 

Being in close proximity to ANY couple making out is uncomfortable. (I guess unless you are at a club.) Southwest had every right to approach the couple even if there weren't any complaints. The couple should have stopped and apologized and gone on with their flights. Seems to me that this actress wants special privileges because she is gay. Or maybe she just craves the attention. Tacky.