Language Problems...
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Pittsburgh, PA.
An employee for USAir, who happened to have the last name "Gay", got
on a plane recently using one of his company's Free Flight programs.
However, when Mr. Gay tried to take his seat, he found it occupied 
by a paying passenger. So, not to make a fuss, 
he simply chose another seat.

Unknown to Mr. Gay, another USAir flight experienced mechanical
problems at the airport.  The passengers of this other flight were being
rerouted to various airplanes.  A few were put on Mr. Gay's flight, and
anyone holding a "free" ticket was bumped.

Airline officials, armed with a list of these freebee ticket holders,
boardedthe plane to remove the free ticket holders.  Of course, our Mr. Gay was
not sitting in his assigned seat, as you may remember.  When the ticket
agent approached the seat where Mr. Gay was supposed to be sitting,
she asked a startled customer,"Are you Gay?"  The man shyly nodded
that he was, at which point she demanded, "Then you have to get off the
plane."

Our Mr. Gay, overhearing what the ticket agent had said, tried to clear up
the situation.  "You've got the wrong man," he said.  "I'm Gay!"  This
caused an angry third passenger to yell, "Hell, I'm gay too!  They can kick
us all off!"

Confusion reigned as more and more passengers began yelling that
USAir had no right to remove gays from their flights.

As far as we know, they are still on the tarmac fighting it out.