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Article: Cruising altitude.(the belief that lesbian travelers generally have no one to flirt with during airline travel)(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
- Article date:
- February 2, 1999
- Author:
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I've been up in the air a lot this winter. Literally. Covering the country on a book tour inevitably requires miles and miles spent aloft, racking up frequent-flier numbers and equally high airborne telephone bills. But don't expect a consumer report on which airlines to fly for the best meals. Conde Nast can take care of that quite nicely, thank you. No, this is a report on the chilly nature of airplane travel for lesbians.
Or perhaps you haven't noticed? Granted, air travel is horrible enough for everyone, from businessmen to grandmothers, given the oxygen deprivation and absence of legroom. But at least men get the compensation of flirting: Straight men get to ...