Gay airport india

As Indian lawmakers double down on their efforts to change a pilgrimage city’s airport code “GAY,” LGBTQ rights groups say the move speaks of their increasing homophobia.

On Feb. 4, the Parliament’s Committee on Public Undertakings reiterated its objection to the location identifier for the city of Gaya, deeming it too “inappropriate” for the sacred Indian metropolis, and asked the government to “make all efforts” to alter this code. Their suggestion: switch the code from GAY to YAG.

Gaya, located in India’s northeastern state of Bihar, is where the Buddha is believed to have gained enlightenment. It has many sacred religious sites and receives thousands of pilgrims from the Hindu, Jain and Buddhist faiths every year.

LGBTQ rights groups are criticising the committee for making a fuss over the code.

“The parliamentary panel desperately wants to change Gaya Airport’s code… because it feels that GAY is embarrassing, offensive and inappropriate,” Indrajeet Ghorpade, a LGBTQ rights advocate from the group Yes, We Exist India, told VICE World News. “This reflects the insecurities of the


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IATA:GAY
ICAO:VEGY
City:Gaya
Country:India
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    Why India Wants Gaya Airport's IATA Code Changed

    A tiny airport in the Indian state of Bihar has caught the government's attention due to its IATA code. Gaya Airport, named after the city it serves, has been assigned the code GAY by the IATA. A parliamentary panel is now pushing the Indian government to change the code because it finds it inappropriate.

    Embarrassed by the code

    On February 4th, a parliamentary panel expressed its displeasure at the use of GAY as Gaya Airport's IATA code. Finding the code "inappropriate, unsuitable, offensive/embarrassing" to be used for a holy city like Gaya, the panel suggested changing it to YAG or something more suitable.

    The issue, however, is a little over a year old when last year, in January, the Committee on Public Undertakings (CoPU) recommended the change in its first report tabled in Parliament. CoPU believed that the code could offend or embarrass the local population of Gaya that their city is "recognized in the international community with the code name GAY."

    The panel was informed about a request received by the civil aviation