Gay-Friendly Cars: Is Suba Number One? - CBS News

Contents:

• WHAT ARE THE TOP GAY-FRIENDLY CARS?
• THIS GAY RACE R DRIVER QU WHEN HE ME OUT. NOW HE’S RETURNG TO THE TRACK AS HIS TE SELF
• THE ARE THE TOP 10 GAY AND LBIAN CARS
• GAY-FRIENDLY CARS: IS SUBA NUMBER ONE?
• GAY PARKS NEAR ME
• GAYS LOVE RS, AND NOW THERE’S A PLACE TO MEET AND GATHER
• WHERE TO GO WHEN IM YOUNG GAY? - AMSTERDAM FOM
• THIS GAY RACE R DRIVER QU WHEN HE ME OUT. NOW HE’S RETURNG TO THE TRACK AS HIS TE SELF
• CANDID SHOTS OF MEXI CY’S REAL GAY UNRGROUND

WHAT ARE THE TOP GAY-FRIENDLY CARS?

It’s no surprise that the vehicl most rearched by gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr shoppers are those produced by gay-iendly tomakers. Classifi vehicle manufacturers as gay-iendly or not based on their rporate polici for offerg domtic-partner benefs to their employe the U. Gaywheels has been keepg tabs on gay-iendly vehicl on a quarterly basis for the past 1.

THIS GAY RACE R DRIVER QU WHEN HE ME OUT. NOW HE’S RETURNG TO THE TRACK AS HIS TE SELF

“Sce the ceptn of this list, the Top 10 Most-Rearched Vehicl have always e solely om gay-iendly tomakers, leatg the importance of a brand’s rporate polici and posns regard to the gay muny, ” said Joe LaMuraglia, founr of. As wh all the rs on the list that have been stereotyped as “gay, ” the Forter is stylish, strayg om the “strong” or “bold” more mascule sign.

The notn that a product is girly or feme was also associated wh beg gay.

The general ia was that gay mal were effemate and would have an affy for “girly” products.

THE ARE THE TOP 10 GAY AND LBIAN CARS

You n see how this would have been terpreted as homophobic when the LGBT muny felt margalized and targeted. There exist r brands that are known as “gay iendly. One of the pani is Volkswagen, which offers domtic partner verage for their gay staff members.

The gays support Volkswagen bee Volkswagen supports them. I bet you didn’t know this, but gays are said to fancy style while lbians favor fuel enomy.

In Febary of 2021, Tla was voted the number one place for gays and lbians alike to work ncerng safety, rights, and regnn. It is not unmon to see gays and lbians alike drivg a Tla. Regardls of the tentn, maybe was jt gays or lbians who preferred style and fuel enomy.

GAY-FRIENDLY CARS: IS SUBA NUMBER ONE?

This show foced on the liv of three gay men who were iends livg Manchter and the many plexi their liv had. ” So whenever you’d see a Jeep Wrangler, you’d immediately thk of gay men Manchter.

For the gays who prefer the sign facet when to rs, this is tricky but surprisgly easy to rencile.

GAY PARKS NEAR ME

What is nsired “mascule” also appli to the gay man, who would have to thunk , right? Gay Friendly Ci. Zach Herr didn’t thk was possible to be an out gay pro race r driver.

But this time, as an out gay man. “I never actually had the opportuny to disver who I was as a person, and what that other part was, once I realized I was gay, ” Herr said.

GAYS LOVE RS, AND NOW THERE’S A PLACE TO MEET AND GATHER

He heard the slurs around the tracks and uldn't thk of another gay driver. Herr and his boyiend, who had also recently e out, started immersg themselv the gay muny. Herr, as one might expect for a baby gay, remembered the experience as “overwhelmg.

The ultra-macho culture of NASCAR has slowly been changg recent years: Devon Roe, another out gay pro to racer, was recently featured on NASCAR’s Twter page.

Apparently, we as a society are so wrapped up the ia of how "gay" objects, clothg styl, and activi are that we n't even leave tomobil out of !

WHERE TO GO WHEN IM YOUNG GAY? - AMSTERDAM FOM

Th, the guys at Car Talk, those te terers of r nversatn, have e up wh the: lists of the top 10 gay and lbian rs. ‘Surf Girls Hawai’i’ is the Real-Life ‘Blue Csh’ We’ve Waed 21 Years ForOffEnglishCar Talk took a pletely non-scientific poll and queried their lbian and gay listeners, and apparently some straight and bisexual people, too, askg for nomatns of the bt queer vehicl. Nomatns om gays, om lbians, om borg heterosexuals like ...

Good for seemg utterly pretent and important the area of At's Wt Camp, where I lived wedged between sorory, so how about the Top 10 Gay Cars?

The 3-seri is on the gay list? Is VW to gay men what Suba is to lbian women?

THIS GAY RACE R DRIVER QU WHEN HE ME OUT. NOW HE’S RETURNG TO THE TRACK AS HIS TE SELF

Gays and lbians buy a lot of rs, and the to dtry has begun to regnize that. A new survey (of 3, 685 rponnts) by and Senei reveals that 67 percent of both gay male and lbian r buyers nsir "very or somewhat important" for to pani to exhib a "gay-iendly" reputatn (when 's fed by whether the pany offers domtic partner benefs to s employe). And 42 percent of gay men and 39 percent of gay women report hoehold e above that level.

Suba's woog of the gay and lbian dience seems to be workg--at least on one level--bee was the overwhelmg favore (chosen by 45 percent of rponnts, wh Volkswagen and Ford a distant send and third) as the most gay-iendly r pany. "We are fely perceived as gay iendly, " says Domick Infante, a Suba spokman.

CANDID SHOTS OF MEXI CY’S REAL GAY UNRGROUND

Acrdg to Joe LaMuraglia, a former Nissan employee who now serv as 's publisher, Saab serv special mentn as the brand most over-reprented among gay and lbian buyers. Market, but gay men are 18 tim more likely to own one than is the general public. "The rults show that when to marketg, gay men and lbians are two very distct groups, LaMuraglia said.

Beg gay-iendly and havg good brand awarens are very posive factors, but the pani still have to have products that meet all their needs. Lbians, by the way, are more likely to buy a r based on environmental factors than are gay men. Gay men say their rs proclaim that they are "succsful, sexy and well-off.