Rainbow mask doesn’t fly for gay Lufthansa passenger

Scott Schmidt was told he could not fly on Lufthansa wearing his rainbow-colored surgical face mask when he left Athens for his home in Los Angeles and replaced it with a blue one he had in his carry-on luggage. (Photo: Courtesy Scott Schmidt)

On his flight out of Los Angeles International Airport earlier this month for a 46th birthday vacation in Greece, gay West Hollywood resident Scott Schmidt donned a rainbow-colored surgical mask in order to adhere to the COVID-19 guidelines imposed by…