Airline bans lesbian traveler “for life” for craziest, most insane reason ever
joke that air travel is homophobic. But for Erin Wright — who was forbidden from boarding an American Airlines flight in June — it actually was.
Though not in the way you’d expect.In a recent TikTok, the 24-year-old queer content creator explained how she came to learn she was “banned” by the airline for life while trying to board a flight to New Orleans for her sister’s bachelorette party.Subscribe to our newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.The video — fittingly titled, “How I got permanently banned from flying American Airlines for having sexual relations with a man on a plane even though I’m a lesbian” — has received over 2.7 million views.Trust us, it’s just as crazy as it sounds!Watch.It all started when Wright went to check into her flight via phone, and “it didn’t work,” then she received a similar error at an airport kiosk.
Finally, she visited an American Airlines help desk, where the attendant also could not process the ticket and made a phone call.
Fast-forward 10 minutes, and Wright learned that she was “banned from flying American Airlines” due to “an issue of internal security.” The representative explained, “I can’t tell you [why], but the person on the phone told me that you should know why.” WTF!All the other gays on this plane are flying comfort plus, and I feel self conscious about it.Ultimately, Wright missed her original flight and spent an additional $1000 on a roundtrip ticket through another airline.
