White House silent on embassy effort for gay Atlantis cruise
- Just after midnight Friday, with the Egyptian coastline close enough to see, a harbor master radioed the Scarlet Lady one instruction: Turn around.
- Days earlier, Turkey had already barred the ship from two ports over "moral values.
- Aboard, roughly 1,900 LGBTQ+ travelers on an Atlantis Events charter, including Broadway star Patti LuPone, booked to perform for the group, were living out, in real time, an old message delivered in a new form: You are not welcome here.
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- Just after midnight Friday, with the Egyptian coastline close enough to see, a harbor master radioed the Scarlet Lady one instruction: Turn around.
- Days earlier, Turkey had already barred the ship from two ports over "moral values.
- Aboard, roughly 1,900 LGBTQ+ travelers on an Atlantis Events charter, including Broadway star Patti LuPone, booked to perform for the group, were living out, in real time, an old message delivered in a new form: You are not welcome here.
Sources: Advocate