Is the BMW 328i x-Drive Sports Wagon the Ultimate Urban Gay Car? | Vany Fair

Contents:

• GAYS LOVE RS, AND NOW THERE’S A PLACE TO MEET AND GATHER
• THE ARE THE TOP 10 GAY AND LBIAN CARS
• WHAT ARE THE TOP GAY-FRIENDLY CARS?
• GAY BMW SALMAN FORCED TO QU AFTER BEG BANNED OM WEARG PK AND BRAND 'BENR BEN'
• IS THE BMW 328I X-DRIVE SPORTS WAGON THE ULTIMATE URBAN GAY CAR?
• NEW BMWS FOR SALE GAY, GA
• WHAT ARE THE TOP GAY-FRIENDLY CARS?

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

I certaly didn’t choose bee so far away om any sort of gay nightlife. We met more and more “r gays, ” and they were all dog neat thgs wh motors and wheels. Googlg thgs like “gay r muny” rulted prsgly stark rults.

THE ARE THE TOP 10 GAY AND LBIAN CARS

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 !

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 ...

WHAT ARE THE TOP GAY-FRIENDLY CARS?

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?

GAY BMW SALMAN FORCED TO QU AFTER BEG BANNED OM WEARG PK AND BRAND 'BENR BEN'

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

BMW’s Middle East office is based Dubai the Uned Arab Emirat, a untry where homosexualy is still very much illegal and punishable wh lengthy jail time and hefty f.

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.

IS THE BMW 328I X-DRIVE SPORTS WAGON THE ULTIMATE URBAN GAY CAR?

Gaywheels has been keepg tabs on gay-iendly vehicl on a quarterly basis for the past 1. “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. A gay salman was forced out of his job at a luxury r alership after lleagu waged a mpaign of homophobic abe towards him, a tribunal heard Haton, 26, claims he was brand "the nice poof", "faggot" and "benr Ben" by workmat at a BMW told the hearg he was banned om wearg pk clothg and was ma to when he grew a beard he claimed lleagu walkg past him would jeer the phrase "Deal or No Deal?

" at him after gamhow host Noel Edmonds up to 30 tim a Haton said a manager told him: "It mt be great to be gay. Come on, Ben, crap is an occupatnal hazard for you Haton, who has been openly gay sce he was 15, is claimg unlawful discrimatn on the grounds of sexual also claims he was nstctively tribunal heard that Mr Haton was ially employed at Stthall BMW Chandler's Ford, Hants, om December 2004 as a he told the hearg: "Work beme dramatilly more unpleasant and ls succsful for me om that pot on.

NEW BMWS FOR SALE GAY, GA

"It was soon pafully clear gay men were regard as fair game for abe, bullyg and harassment bee of their sexualy.

For example, I was sgled out to ensure my appearance did not nform any way to the sexual stereotypg of a gay man. I believe that was bee they were not gay. "It was veiled hostily and homophobia aimed at beltlg and huiatg me about my sexualy - somethg I nnot change.

WHAT ARE THE TOP GAY-FRIENDLY CARS?

For a subset of urbane, profsnal, untry-hoe-owng, ne-lovg, New York Cy homosexuals of a certa age, the ntemporary upsle statn wagon is extremely arog—on par wh, say, viewg Olympic men’s swimmg. And they provi plenty of space for hlg charmg and unexpected roadsi fds, like a quartet of woon Danish Morn dg-room chairs, a tr of patated iron plant stands, or a pair of Wt Pot cross-untry nners who are lost and need of a ri back to attractn to wagons surpris other people—people who are not urbane, profsnal, untry-hoe-owng, ne-lovg, New York Cy homosexuals of a certa age.

Maybe ’s the fact that while we gays love excs, we hate waste, and this wagon is the most efficiently packaged luxury rtg optn, wrgg 33 out of a gallon of gas on the highway—or 45 (!