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Contents:
- GAY-FRIENDLY CARS: IS SUBA NUMBER ONE?
- HOW SUBA SAVED SELF BY MARKETG TO THE GAY MUNY
- ARE SUBAS REALLY GAY RS?
GAY-FRIENDLY CARS: IS SUBA NUMBER ONE?
NPR's Pla Money podst looks at how Suba began marketg to the gay and lbian muny, and how helped turn around the pany the '90s. * subaru gay term *
It was such an unual cisn—and such a succs—that helped ph gay and lbian advertisg om the g to the mastream.
HOW SUBA SAVED SELF BY MARKETG TO THE GAY MUNY
Mastream movi and TV shows wh gay characters—like Will & Grace—were still a few years away, and few celebri were openly gay. When Ellen Degener beme a rare exceptn 1997, and her character the show Ellen me out as gay an episo of the s, many pani pulled their ads. ”At that time, gay-iendly advertisg was largely limed to the fashn and alhol dtri.
ARE SUBAS REALLY GAY RS?
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