Air France Won’t Let Gay Flight Attendants Avoid Iran

Air France will begin flights to Iran again after stopping them since 2008. This is a response to the country’s nuclear deal. The airline has allowed female flight attendants to opt out of the flights to the country due to some of their policies toward women. As of yet the same options are not available to LGBTQ flight attendants, who face possible death sentences in the theocratic nation. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian, hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.

"Earlier this week, Air France announced that female flight attendants can opt out of flights on the carrier’s new route to Tehran after some said they didn't want to cover their hair upon arriving in Iran.

Now, Air France’s gay flight attendants are attempting to use the momentum generated by the decision by taking a stand against flying to Iran, where homosexuality is punishable by death. More than 26,000 people have signed a Change.org petition, created by someone known only as “Mr. Laurent,” which seeks to give gay flight attendants the right to refuse travel to the country. The petition is addressed to the CEO of Air France, Frédéric Gagey, and France’s minister of transport, Alain Vidal.

“It is inconceivable to ask someone to go to a country where his kind are condemned for who they are,” Laurent said in the petition.”*

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