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Family “Left Stranded” At Airport After Being Denied Boarding On United Airlines Flight For Misgendering An Attendant
The Publica ^ | June 26, 2024 | Natasha Biase

Posted on 06/28/2024 6:26:12 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo

A family was reportedly denied boarding by United Airlines after one member failed to use a flight attendant’s preferred pronouns. In a video shared to X, Jenna Longoria explains that she, her 16-month-old son, and her mother were abandoned at an airport in San Francisco without any formal explanation from the airline.

“Okay, so we were boarding. Myself, my 16-month-old son, my mother,” begins the video. “They took our luggage on the plane, which has my thyroid medication, which I’ll be very sick without. My mother’s medication. They basically said: ‘Tough luck.’”

Noting that her young son was becoming distressed while she was speaking with a flight attendant, she adds that the airline didn’t specify exactly what she said that was offensive other than referring to one of the staff members with the wrong pronouns.

“I was speaking to one of the flight attendants and got their pronouns wrong. The other flight attendant didn’t like it. I said I am really sorry, ‘they,’ I’m not very versed with pronouns,” she continues, adding that she had been preoccupied with trying to get her son’s car seat on the flight because it was his nap time.

“They’re saying that it’s a hate crime that I did, that I might not even be able to ever fly United. We don’t even know how we’re going to get back today. I don’t know what to do. I really don’t know what to do. I don’t know what my rights are here,” concludes Longoria.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: unitedairlines
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1 posted on 06/28/2024 6:26:12 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Mr. Mojo

This merits litigation.

A favorable court will test United Airlines to shreds.

It NEEDS to happen. Not just for the mother, but for the rest of us as well.


2 posted on 06/28/2024 6:29:36 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: Mr. Mojo

I will never fly United after hearing this. Also I recommend referring to people as your excellency. LOL.


3 posted on 06/28/2024 6:29:39 AM PDT by yldstrk ( )
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To: logi_cal869

“TEAR United Airlines to shreds”

(hate the iPhone…hate the iPhone…hate the iPhone…)


4 posted on 06/28/2024 6:30:42 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Scott Kirby needs to apologize to the family and fire his staff NOW.


5 posted on 06/28/2024 6:31:24 AM PDT by bwest
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To: Mr. Mojo

I see a well-deserved humongous lawsuit coming.........................


6 posted on 06/28/2024 6:32:15 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Sue them for millions.


7 posted on 06/28/2024 6:33:26 AM PDT by Vision (Woke is communism and it has no place in America. Election Reform Now! Obama is an evildoer.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

People need to start referring to these incidents as sexism.

Transgenderism mocks the authenticity of being male or female.

United policy is a sexist policy of sexual discrimination.


8 posted on 06/28/2024 6:33:57 AM PDT by lonestar67 (America is exceptional)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Jenna needs to reunite United’s arse with a lawsuit. Correct grammer is not a crime.


9 posted on 06/28/2024 6:34:57 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (When did WE decide to make America a UN 5-Star Asylum Paradise for Socialist losers?)
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To: Mr. Mojo

maybe tags next to the flight attendant’s name proclaiming “male”, “female”, “other” or “confused” would be appropriate.


10 posted on 06/28/2024 6:35:44 AM PDT by Qwapisking ("IF the Second goes first the First goes second" L.Star )
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To: Mr. Mojo

Thank god I don’t fly anymore.


11 posted on 06/28/2024 6:36:16 AM PDT by DallasBiff (Apology not accepted.la is not the sharpest knife in the drawer)
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To: Mr. Mojo

There is only one response to this: leave the offended accuser with fewer teeth.
Enough of this nonsense.


12 posted on 06/28/2024 6:36:22 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: yldstrk

Ha!


13 posted on 06/28/2024 6:40:09 AM PDT by Rusty0604 (W looking for new conspiracy theories as all the old ones have come true)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Let’s face it! America has now become a third world septic tank. This is why the far left commies didn’t want anybody making America great again. **** United’s Pronouns. Grammer is not a crime. They need to throw the flight attendents’ asses in jail. The fags can’t force us to adopt their stupidity and BS.


14 posted on 06/28/2024 6:40:21 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (When did WE decide to make America a UN 5-Star Asylum Paradise for Socialist losers?)
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This happened in SF.

I am not clear on what the factors are in determining the location of the trial, when filing a lawsuit. United is HQ'd in Chicago, the incident occurred in SF. Not sure where this woman lives, but getting a decision against United in SF on this will be difficult at best.

15 posted on 06/28/2024 6:43:49 AM PDT by Michael.SF. (Pray for Biden: Psalms 109: 8)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Hey, how about using the pronoun “IT” for all sexually confused people? (”It is considered to be neuter or impersonal/non-personal in gender”).


16 posted on 06/28/2024 6:48:44 AM PDT by antidemoncrat
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“Okay, so we were boarding. Myself, my 16-month-old son, my mother,” begins the video. “They took our luggage on the plane, which has my thyroid medication, which I’ll be very sick without. My mother’s medication. They basically said: ‘Tough luck.’”

She does have issues with pronoun use.

The correct usage is, "My 16-month-old son, my mother and I..."

17 posted on 06/28/2024 6:49:30 AM PDT by Mr.Unique (My boss wants me to sign up for a 401K. No way I'm running that far! )
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To: Mr. Mojo

United should be a dead man walking if it is not already. Stick a fork in it, they are done.


18 posted on 06/28/2024 6:57:36 AM PDT by Sequoyah101 (The Government that got us in this mess is not the Government that can get us out of it.)
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To: logi_cal869
(hate the iPhone…hate the iPhone…hate the iPhone…)

You forgot to mention that you have to "Click your heels three times.. "


19 posted on 06/28/2024 6:57:52 AM PDT by mabarker1 ( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress!!!)
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To: Mr. Mojo

PRONOUNS TRUMP EVERYTING! Especially if we can drag 4 or 5 of them together at once. These freaks are gonna get met with a throat punch one of these times.


20 posted on 06/28/2024 7:08:20 AM PDT by Delta 21 (If anyone is treasonous, it is those who call me such.)
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