BOINKOLOGY | Gayness Is Everywhere: Even In Cars

BY Lux Alptraum
July 28, 2008
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Gayness Is Everywhere: Even In Cars

Maybe we’re old fashioned, but we usually think of gayness as being about people of the same sex banging each other. However, it seems others see things differently: hence the launch of “Stick Shift,” Vanity Fair’s “gay car” blog. What makes a car gay, you ask?

Well, you know what a car is, right? The word Gay here defines a sub-category of them. It is not (simply) intended as a synonym for rejected or sub-standard. It is not (simply) meant to encompass cars that are pastel-colored or sport a sibilant exhaust note. And it doesn’t (simply) characterize a vehicle’s owner. A car’s gayness—like gayness in general—is based in its inhabiting the margins of conventionality. A Gay Car is quirkier, more enigmatic, or more fiercely accessorized than the average vehicle. (It also likes to sleep with other Gay Cars.)

We’re not sure if we’re insulted or confused (or neither). Little help, anyone?

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