Airbnb Dumps Host Who Refused To Allow Gay Couple To Stay
Airbnb is one of many companies making it known that anti-gay discrimination won't be tolerated.
Airbnb has given the boot to a Texas bed and breakfast listed with the company after it was reported that they would not accommodate a gay couple.
Jonathan Wang and his partner Brent were in Galveston for a wedding when they were confronted by the bed and breakfast owner (identified simply as “Heather)”. According to Wang, “Heather” said she thought he would be bringing a wife along on the trip.
“I said, ‘I didn’t say that specifically … is that going to be OK? She said, ‘It’s not,'” Wang told KTRK-TV.
Not content to kick them out at the last minute, Wang said, “She also commented while we were going upstairs that was their bedroom upstairs so they were even more uncomfortable with it.”
“Heather”
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