British gay couple ‘detained in Dubai airport while staff laughed about their sexuality’
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He said: “We handed all our documents to the lady behind the desk who gave us a quizzical look as we are gay parents. She asked me if Kieran was my brother, to which I replied ‘no, my son’.
“She then looked at Jason my partner and asked the same question with a look of surprise on her face. She then said she could not issue our tickets and shouted her manager over.”
Mr Charton added: “I asked if it was because we are gay and I was laughed at. I have never felt so embarrassed.”
The pair were allegedly “asked us to wait in a room” while the airport investigated their clearance to travel, and nearly missed their connecting flight – though they were eventually cleared for onward travel.
Airport security can be terrible people and detain you for the dumbest reasons
This. My mom got detained in Miami because they thought she was Haitian DESPITE having an Illinois drivers license and a ****ing American passport. TSA gets on my damn nerves sometimes.