A same-sex couple is speaking out about the humiliation they faced at the airport as a result of being a “gender non-conforming and brown” family.
Rastegar tells Yahoo Lifestyle that over the six years that she and Mahdara have been together, and the nearly 60 flights that they have taken, she quickly learned that her wife has a different experience going through the airport than she does. “I think a lot of gender non-conforming people do,” she says.
So much so, she explains, that workers at the Air New Zealand check-in desk tried to deny that the couple’s 19-month-old son, Neev, is theirs. “Like, we have the gall to indulge in privilege, to expect any kind of attention or consideration,” she wrote.Rastegar tells Yahoo Lifestyle that she wrote a long letter to Air New Zealand detailing her family’s experience, and as of Thursday hadn’t received any response. On Monday, a representative from Air New Zealand wrote to Yahoo Lifestyle saying that the airline has been in touch with the couple and is looking into their complaints.
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