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Airline Apologises For ‘I Am Gay’ Sticker On Passenger’s Bag

<p>A passenger on one of Australia’s biggest budget airlines Jetstar was 'utterly disgusted' when he found his baggage had stickers attached which read 'I Am Gay'</p> <p>By Newsdesk | 14th October 2013</p><p></p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www.thegayuk.com/communities/8/004/009/928/388/images/4600176696.png" width="460" height="541" alt="Photo: Twitter/Aaronpp" title="Photo: Twitter/Aaronpp"/></p> <p></p><p>Taking to twitter @aaronpp wrote: “Utterly disgusted to find my luggage front and center on the @JetstarAirways luggage carousel looking like this,” he wrote.</p><p></p><p>Writing on his blog, <a href="http://onesleepydad.blogspot.com.au/">http://onesleepydad.blogspot.com.au</a> he continued: </p><p></p><p>‘Yesterday I tweeted a photo of my luggage after a Jetstar flight from Perth and it has caused quite the stir on social media.</p><p></p><p>‘I would like to point out that Jetstar has contacted me and offered a very sincere apology. For which I am grateful.</p><p></p><p>‘They are also conducting a "serious" investigation that I am assisting them with. Their PR machine is making all the right noises and saying all the right things. I have set no expectations of Jetstar with regards to their procedures or outcomes.’</p><p></p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www.thegayuk.com/communities/8/004/009/928/388/images/4600176949.jpg" width="461" height="307" alt="© Jetstar " title="© Jetstar "/></p> <p></p><p>TheGayUK reached out to Jetstar, but no one was immediately available to comment on this story. </p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p>

A passenger on one of Australia’s biggest budget airlines Jetstar was 'utterly disgusted' when he found his baggage had stickers attached which read 'I Am Gay'

By Newsdesk | 14th October 2013

Photo: Twitter/Aaronpp

Taking to twitter @aaronpp wrote: “Utterly disgusted to find my luggage front and center on the @JetstarAirways luggage carousel looking like this,” he wrote.

Writing on his blog, http://onesleepydad.blogspot.com.au he continued:

‘Yesterday I tweeted a photo of my luggage after a Jetstar flight from Perth and it has caused quite the stir on social media.

‘I would like to point out that Jetstar has contacted me and offered a very sincere apology. For which I am grateful.

‘They are also conducting a "serious" investigation that I am assisting them with. Their PR machine is making all the right noises and saying all the right things. I have set no expectations of Jetstar with regards to their procedures or outcomes.’

© Jetstar

TheGayUK reached out to Jetstar, but no one was immediately available to comment on this story.

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