Krystal Fernandez Gay? Doesn't Appear To Be.
Regarding the whole "Krystal Fernandez Gay" "Krystal Fernandez Lesbian" brouhaha.

I am unfortunately the source of some misguided searches hitting Stephanie's web site. She explains:

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Who is Krystal Fernandez and why for the last few days have all my Google search been on whether she is gay? I find it highly unlikely that I've ever blogged about someone who I've never even heard of. What is UP with Google?

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Matthew put two and two together, and got four:

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You made a post not too long ago, which had the word gay in it....

In the comments section, Ontario Emperor mentioned Krystal Fernandez. If I remember his/her comment correctly, I think she's a sportscaster. At any rate, the way I found this out was to do a Google search for:

Krystal Fernandez gay

... and your particular post that I gave the link for is the # 1 return. All Google does is do searches for relevant words, and apparently your blog is the most read web address with the combination of those three particular words. :-)

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So, what did I say that caused all of this?

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I think it all started from her assumption that if you like sports, you must not be truly female. I can't stand for that, especially since...

[m]any of my blog hits from search engines are from fans of female sportscaster Krystal Fernandez (although I'm not sure that they like her because of her winning percentage of Monday Night Football picks)....

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So, why are there all of these 'Net searches for "Krystal Fernandez Gay"? Perhaps it has to do with the sound bite that the Fox Morning Extravaganza is frequently playing, in which Krystal Fernandez says, "I am a gay woman" or something like that. I didn't hear how that sound bite originated, other than it having to do with an airline promotion or sumfin.

Well, I did some research:

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Airline Offers Gays, Lesbians Travel Discounts
POSTED: 2:49 pm EST November 30, 2004

PHOENIX, Calif. --

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Phoenix, California? I think Channel Cincinnati needs to hire some geographers.

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It pays to be gay when flying America West Airlines.

With a few points and clicks on the airline's Web site, gay and lesbian travelers can find some perks -- including 10 percent discounts.

For the 10 percent airfare discount to a gay pride event anywhere in the United States, travelers have to log on to the airline's Web site.

The airline offers the reduced-price fares using an honor system. There's not a check in place with which the airline can confirm a traveler's sexual orientation, of course.

National statistics suggest that the gay and lesbian community spent $581 million last year to travel.

Some industry experts said many gay travelers, who may not have children and can be more flexible in travel plans, are a valuable economic community to attract....

In the past, gays and lesbians booked most of their flights on so-called gay-friendly airlines, including American. America West hopes to change that with its new promotion, but some travelers said the special offers aren't fair.

"I just feel, if you do it for one, you do it for all. I doubt that will ever happen," traveler Meredith Jaramillo said.

But that's not true, according to America West.

"Any group that has research that shows they have a high disposable income, frequent travelers and tend not to choose America West, we would be very interested in that data," said Elise Eberwein of America West Airlines.

Link: America West Airlines Web site

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I don't know if this was the specific promotion to which the show was referring - the implication on the show was that you would buy tickets at a ticket counter, not online - but perhaps that's what's going on.

Anyway, all that we know is what was reported in Sports By Brooks back in 2003:

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Don Barrett reports that KCBS-TV's Lisa Joyner was hosting a radio talk show on KLSX-FM in Los Angeles recently and her topic recently was whether partners know if the other is cheating.

During an on-air chat with sports broadcaster Krystal Fernandez, Krystal owned up to being the cheater in a relationship.



"Men don't queue into things like that as easily as women do. I think we know what to look for. Men leave more clues, like Bill Clinton. Hillary knew what was going on. I'm sorry."

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[OE update: Plus, she's not in San Francisco.]
[OE UPDATE 1/14/2005: Poster mystery solved.]