The L Word’s Leisha Hailey Kicked Off Southwest Airlines Flight For Kissing A Girl

Lesbian actress, Leisha Hailey of the Showtime cable show “The L Word” was booted off a Southwest Airlines flight for kissing a woman.

Word is, Leisha Hailey’s kiss was a little over the top for passengers, especially after the flight attendant deemed their public display of affection “excessive.”

Maybe she’s not to fond of the gays, which is strange as most of Southwest’s flight attendants seems to be same-sex orientated themselves.

However, an angry, pissed off Leisha Hailey quickly took to her Twitter called for a boycott of the carrier after a she was told that other passengers had complained after witnessing the affection.

Leisha Hailey tweeted several messages since Monday’s incident:

“Did I mention to @SouthwestAir that I have a lot of their actions recorded on audio and video? RT #boycottSouthwest #discrimination”

“I know plenty of wonderful same-sex families I would like to introduce them to. Boycott @SouthwestAir if you are gay. They don’t like us.”

“Since when is showing affection towards someone you love illegal? I want to know what Southwest Airlines considers as “family”.

“We were escorted off the plane for getting upset about the issue. @SouthwestAir endorses homophobic employees. No one made her accountable.”

“This is an outrage. I demand a public apology by @SouthwestAir and a refund. Hate is not a family value. I will never fly this airline.

Then, Southwest Airlines rebutted,releasing the following statement:

“Initial reports indicate that we received several passenger complaints characterizing the behavior as excessive. Our crew, responsible for the comfort of all Customers on board, approached the passengers based solely on behavior and not gender.”

The actress and her partner, Camila Grey, denied in a statement released Tuesday that the affection they showed toward each other was inappropriate.

The incident has resulted in a national media spotlight for the actress, who now is a part of the electro-pop duo Uh Huh Her.

The band released the following statement Tuesday:

“We have always promoted tolerance, openness and equality both as a band and as individuals. We both come from loving homes where our parents not only love and accept us, but are also proud of who we are. We believe everyone has the right to live openly in this society as equals. In no way were our actions onSouthwest Airlines excessive, inappropriate or vulgar. We want to make it clear we were not making out or creating any kind of spectacle of ourselves, it was one, modest kiss. We are responsible adult women who walk through the world with dignity. We were simply being affectionate like any normal couple. We were on the airplane less than 5 minutes when all was said and done. We take full responsibility for getting verbally upset with the flight attendant after being told it was a “family airline.” We were never told the reason the flight attendant approached us, we were only scolded that we “needed to be aware that Southwest Airlineswas a family oriented airline.” No matter how quietly homophobia is whispered, it doesn’t make it any less loud. You can’t whisper hate. We ask this airline to teach their employees to not discriminate against any couple, ever, regardless of their own beliefs. We want to live in a society where if your loved one leans over to give you an innocent kiss on an airplane it’s not labeled as “excessive or not family oriented” by a corporation and it’s employees. We find it very disturbing that the same airline who lauds itself as being LGBT friendly has twisted an upsetting incident that happened into our behavior being “too excessive.” The above is not an apology and we are in the process of filing a formal complaint with the airline. We hope that when all is said and done a greater tolerance without prejudice will evolve.”

Hailey and Gray said they plan to file a formal complaint with the airline.

Let me point out a few simple facts:

1 – NEVER piss off a Lebian they will take the fight to the head. And NEVER give up.

2. – Leisha Hailey can sue for major loot from Southwest, which will hurt them more than a stupid boycott.

3. – Southwest was completely out of line for the incident. It’s as bad as them refusing a friend of mine because she was “too fat,” but the let a heavier man behind her on with no problem. And did I mention the man behind the counter was a gay male, who seemed to be bitter at women?

4. – If straight people can make out every where and anywhere, then why can same-sex couples?

5. – Gay rights will NEVER find equality if incidents like this still exist.

6. – It’s just another form of prejudice and racism.

7. If you don’t like it then don’t watch.

8. – To all gays, have some class about yourselves, some of you and you know who you are think that you “gay” love needs to be expressed everywhere and all over. Not everyone wants to see to women or two men make out. Have some tact, classy and savvy, because a lot don’t. Finally be better than the oppressors and rise above the stupid.

9. – Remember time and place, there are children on the plane, and it’s not that easy to  explain to your child why two women are making out.

10. – It’s up to the parent to explain the different types of relationships in the world, but it’s up to someone like Leisha and Gale to be responsible for their actions. You two know damn well that it’s not classy or appropriate to make out on a plane. You’re not filming a TV show girls. And if you have video, like you claim you do, what was the reason for filming, unless you were trying to cause controversy.

I smell set up.