Survey: What does the LBGT community really drive? Gaywheels.com wants to know
It's no secret that the LBGT community represents a significant pool of purchasers in the automotive marketplace. Some automakers shy away from courting their dollars for fear of retribution from anti-LBGT groups, while others have embraced them in subtle and not so subtle ways. The team at Gaywheels.com has done a commendable job tracking gay-friendly automakers, which they define as any automaker that offers domestic-partner benefits to its GLBT employees no matter where they live or work in the U.S.. The site also reviews new cars from a GLBT perspective, interviews GLBT professionals in the industry and keeps its readers informed on gay-related auto news. The site's most interesting content, at least to us, has been a report published every quarter on what ten vehicles were researched most through the site by the GLBT community. Rather than knowing what the community wants to drive, however, Gaywheels has launched a new survey to find out what its readers are actually driving. We're not sure anyone has ever performed a survey like this, so the results should be interesting in terms of reinforcing or shattering certain stereotypes about which cars gays and lesbians actually drive.
[Source: Gaywheels]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 6)
sjd 8:15AM (2/26/2009)
The picture that accompanies the survey is hilarious. I've been on this site a couple of times and its pretty good. They certainly know their niche. No, I'm not gay.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
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notYou 9:54AM (2/26/2009)
"Not that there's anything wrong with that."
Let's all make sure that we put that at the end of every post!
guerro 11:36AM (2/26/2009)
Is it GLBT or LBGT ?? And what exactly does it stand for ????
Flashpoint 12:27PM (2/26/2009)
I heard the majority of gay women drive full sized SUV's and the majority of gay men drive Honda Accords.
Drazgoth 1:11PM (2/26/2009)
@guerro
GLBT or LGBT each effectively mean the same thing:
G: Gay
L: Lesbian
B: Bisexual
T: Transgender
it's just shuffled around depending on who you're talking to at the time. Usually I hear men using GLBT, and women using LGBT. Sometimes if they're trying to be a bit more PC a person will use LGBT first to give a bit more presence to lesbians since arguably compared to gay men they don't get as much focus to their issues.
The Other Bob 8:20AM (2/26/2009)
I am betting gay people drive what everyone else drives.
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BoneHeadOtto 8:43AM (2/26/2009)
I would guess they drive more luxury cars and less mini-vans/SUVs. They are a generally afluent cross-section of society, and statistically have less children. That is just what i would expect from the survey
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Sea Urchin 8:58AM (2/26/2009)
"They are a generally afluent cross-section of society"
Is being gay somehow makes you richer? If i am a single guy and make 50K and suddenly i realize that i voted for Obama for all the wrong reasons, will that somehow make me richer?
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
BoneHeadOtto 9:50AM (2/26/2009)
No of course being gay does not make you richer. But i do believe that surveys have shown that the LGBT community has a far higher median income than the American median income. Not going to hypothesize as to why that is the case.
oh here is one i found
http://www.mediabuyerplanner.com/2007/08/15/gays-lesbians-earn-far-more-than-media-us-household-income/
For gay men, the median household income is $83,000 per year (gay singles $62,000; gay couples living together $130,000), almost 80% above the median U.S. household income of $46,326, according to US census data.
So statistically LGBT make 80% more than the median US household. Wow
Not that there is anything wrong with that
AIL 10:48AM (2/26/2009)
"Is being gay somehow makes you richer?"
If you cannot figure out why gay couples have more money, on average, than straight ones, you really ought to take a seat and think about it for a while. It is not rocket science.
The Luigiian 12:33PM (2/26/2009)
Dammit, AIL! You forgot to add "Not that there is anything wrong with that" at the end of your post!
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Not that there is anything wrong with that.
cwj 4:07AM (3/01/2009)
One might argue a connection between willingness to identify as LGBT and level of affluence.
Not that there's anything wrong with that being wrong.
Niels 8:21AM (2/26/2009)
GBLT, BGLT, LTBG, GBTL, LBGT, TBLG, LGBT, TLBG..........
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geo.stewart 8:53AM (2/26/2009)
"significant pool of purchasers"?
aggressive estimates place it at 3% of the population. I dont know how significant that is.
Of course I also dont know how relevant your sexual preference is in how you pick a car. It doesnt affect my choice.
Bob-omb 10:42AM (2/26/2009)
You think it's "aggressive" to say that 3% of the population is gay? Just how old are you?
This gay guy drives a Honda Civic.
geo.stewart 11:38AM (2/26/2009)
well, technically my age has nothing to do with how many people profess to be LBGT.
I guess your coming out moves the number up to, oops no, still 3%.
But that's okay. EVERY demographic TRIES to pump up their numbers to justify the thought that their group is more relevant than it is. In today's society, news isnt news anymore, its editorials, and everyone thinks all statistics/polls are facts.
fixitfixitstop 12:12PM (2/26/2009)
All of these acronyms just make me want to order a BLT for lunch.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
ugg.tryptophan 11:35PM (2/26/2009)
at first i thought it was a sandwich...it was far from a sandwich
not that theres anything wrong with that
Kitko 8:46AM (2/26/2009)
So it's offcial....
despite US muscle cars being only good in the straight line racing, they're as gay as bends and curves loving Mazda MX-5.
For the homophobes, there's your Hondas, Accuras and Kias
The whole gay or not gay car debate is just pathetic, people drive what they want to drive. Some do make stupid decisions, sure, but that's independent of who or what they are.
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nardvark 8:53AM (2/26/2009)
Well, it's not independent of who or what they are, if what they are is stupid. But that's a completely separate issue from where they put their genitals.