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The airline defends himself: "Punished attitude, do not affect sexual tastes"
Lesbian Kiss on board, the expulsion Hailey
The star of The L Word removed by staff after effusive with his partner. And now demands justice
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MILAN - It was thrown from the plane because a lesbian? At least this view is the actress Leisha Hailey. A kiss between her and her friend has created havoc on board a Southwest Airlines flight. And while Hailey swears revenge, the American company described the incident slightly differently.
THE KISS OF THE CONTROVERSY - You Leisha Hailey, 40, musician and actress. It was Alice in the popular TV show The L Pieszecki World, but also appeared on CSI and Grey's Anatomy. The other is the 32 year-old musician and girlfriend Camila Grey. Both now form the indie band Uh Huh Her. On Monday, the two women, who have a history for a few months, you are in fact exchanged a kiss on board a flight from Baltimore to St. Louis. A flight of low-cost airline has intervened, he would have approached the pair and exclaimed: "This is a flight to families. The kisses are not allowed! "Because of the alleged remark, if true arguably discriminatory, there was the uproar, so much so that the two women were escorted out by crew members from the apparatus. If nothing else, this tells the direct question, Leisha Hailey. Now the actress poured out her wrath on Twitter: "Boycott Southwest Airlines, they do not want us." And again: "It is a scanadalo!"; "From Southwest I demand a public apology and compensation," "Hate is not a value to pass on to families." At about 23,000 followers on the micro-blogging has added not to fly ever again with the U.S. company that, in his opinion, homophobic recruits. "It was just a small kiss," he says, "since the affection for someone you love, shown in public is illegal?" Hailey also questions the term "family airline."
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LE (Unyielding) GUIDELINES - Southwest Airlines, which moreover promoted to be the official airline of the organization Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), said that several passengers would have complained about the '"excessive" kisses between Hailey and her friend. Nevertheless, it is not the first time that the company ends up in the chronicles of Dallas for some guidelines, perhaps taken too literally. In February last year the director of "Clerks," Kevin Smith was on the ground because "too fat", in early September rocker Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day frontman, he had to leave the unit because of trousers that are too wide and low. In all occasions, the airline has also apologized. Again, Southwest Airlines has sought to limit the damage (image): "Our team works on the basis of behavior, not the kind of passengers," was the reply. In other words, "Hailey was not removed from the plane for his sexual orientation, but because the dispute between her and the crew was tightening. The crew thought it best to resolve the issue on the ground and not on board, "reads the press release.
VIDEO AND AUDIO - The discussion forum in the U.S. there is no question as "excessive" may actually have been the kiss between Hailey and his partner to get so angry passengers. Hailey claims to have documented the alleged incident with his cell phone and being in possession of audio and video recordings. In the meantime, however, is already on the Net cliccatissimo animation that describes the episode, created by the now famous Taiwanese TV NMa.
Elmar Burchia
source BBC
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