Alaska Airlines discriminates against a gay couple

Alaska Airlines separated a gay couple and gave preference to a heterosexual

GAYLES.TV.- The last 29 of July David Cooley I was traveling New York a Los Angeles in the vuelo 1407 Company Alaska Airlines when he was forced to give up his seat so that a heterosexual couple could sit together.

Cooley is the owner of the popular gay bar of Los Angeles The Abbey and he hastened to report the incident in Twitter: "I have never felt discriminated against traveling before. They took me out of the seat to give preferential treatment to a heterosexual couple (…) I explained that we were also a couple and wanted to sit together (…) The option they gave us was to move from place to place or get off the plane»He denounced in a tweet.

«We could not stand the humiliation that it entailed and we left the plane. I can not believe that currently a company of preferential treatment to a straight couple and ask us to leave»The businessman lamented. Cooley and his partner managed to find a flight that would take them home in Delta Air Lines and warned the LGBT community to avoid traveling with Alaska Airlines.

For its part, Alaska Airlines already manifested and also in Twitter He explained that it was a misunderstanding: «Our policy is to keep families seated together whenever possible. This did not happen in this case. We deeply felt what happened and we did not want to make the Mr. Cooley and your partner uncomfortable in any way. We offer our apologies for what happened and we will reimburse you for the money. Alaska Airlines it has zero tolerance for any type of discrimination (…) Full LGTBQ equality is a value we share«. Cooley has accepted the apology, but we do not know if he will fly with this company again.