Delta Employee Accused Of Writing 'Sodomite’ On Woman’s Rainbow Luggage Tag

The world's second largest airline is well-known for its LGBTQ+ advocacy. But this story, if it's true, puts somewhat of a dent into that image as it conveys a rather homophobic sentiment.

Gerrish has a fairly new Twitter account and recently tagged Delta with a complaint. It seems that someone in charge of handling her baggage had a problem with her luggage tags.

Gerrish has rainbow-themed luggage tags. She says that, after a recent flight, she took her bags off the luggage carousel to find that someone had written "sobmite"...err, "sodomite" on the tags.

You can see that the slur was written on the yellow band of the rainbow, allowing it to stand out a bit. Whoever wrote it clearly intended for it to be seen.

A biblical term, "Sodomite" refers to someone who practices sodomy. The definition is wide-ranging, but it's essentially a slur directed at anyone who practices sexual activities that are considered to be outside of the biblical norm.

Scrolling through Gerrish's original post, it quickly becomes apparent that the vast majority of commenters don't believe her story. Some even compared her to Jussie Smollett, who's accused of fabricating a homophobic attack.

"Jussie 2.0," one user wrote.

"How predictable that this thread is full of straight people saying 'it didn't happen' as if this isn't a regular occurrence for LGBTQ+ people," one user wrote.

Sometimes it's best to take someone at their word. Knowing nothing more than Gerrish's account, it's tough to form strong opinions one way or another. But some users did defend her story.

While some people lob complaints at corporate entities and don't follow up, Gerrish pledged to continue fighting the good fight and take her complaint all the way to Delta's corporate communications department.

In this follow-up post, Gerrish says she got a positive response from Delta. Her reference to Delta's "executive branch" — a term usually reserved for governments, not airlines — raised a few eyebrows, though.

Once again, most commenters on Gerrish's second post didn't seem to believe her story, accusing her of fabricating everything from the original account to the supposed follow-up from Delta Airlines.

Twitter is a great way to get a hold of corporate entities, so it makes sense that Gerrish would make a new account to call out Delta. Whether she's telling the truth or not, there's no doubt that she's been targeted by Twitter trolls.

It's impossible to know for sure, at least until Delta offers an official response. Let us know whether you think this actually happened, or if it's a fake account, in the comments!

h/t: Yahoo News