Southwest Airlines Taps Gay Transgender Employee In PRIDE Spot

By: Jack MacNamara, Staff Writer

LAS VEGAS, NV — Southwest Airlines is showing that they are not anti-LGBT after that incident with a Gay family back in May,  by unveiling their new commercial in support LGBTQ PRIDE month.

Give the company extra credit for launching the Southwest Airlines LGBT Outreach Site.

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The new spot features Southwest Airlines very own creative director Ethan Avanzino who says..“June is special for me because it is LGBT Pride Month,” As a gay transgender man, PRIDE is incredibly important to me because it celebrates who I am.” said Avanzino. “I’m able to just be who I am.”

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Watch the Southwest Airlines PRIDE commercial