When I was in the airline business, there were rumors that we had four trans flight attendants working for our carrier at the time I was becoming the first out Black trans person working at Continental Airlines in 1994. One of those flight attendants was allegedly based in Honolulu, while the other three were alleged to be flying routes out of our other domestic bases besides Houston. Depending on where they were based, they may have crossed my path because I worked the departure gates at IAH and I have no idea if they worked my flights or not because they didn't reveal their status to my very out self.
So as a former airline person I was happy to hear about the groundbreaking and historic win of girl like us flight attendant Audrey Gauthier. Back on November 1 she was elected president of CUPE Local 4041, and represents Air Transat flight attendants based in Montreal
With that win she became the first open trans person to elected to lead a union local in Canada and possibly the world. But Gauthier downplayed the historic achievement.
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“I’m proud to be the first transsexual member elected president of a local, and for LGBTTI rights it’s something that’s important, but our members don’t really see me as different. They just see me as a woman, period,” she said.
Gauthier.added, “I was elected to unite people. My goal is to build a strong relationship between the local and our component.”
Congratulations and may you have much success in accoplishing that goal as you fly the friendly Canadian skies.
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