On being out
Anyone see this piece of nonsense in the Guardian earlier in the week?
Gay men earn £10k more than national average
The true power of the pink pound was revealed today with the publication of a survey of gay men and women’s earnings suggesting they outstrip the straight salary by up to £10,000 a year. [...]
Gay men in full-time jobs earn on average £34,200 a year, compared with the national average for men of £24,800. Lesbians earn £6,000 more than the national average for women, take two more holidays a year and spend £400 a month on credit cards, according to the survey of 1,118 readers of Diva and Gay Times by the marketing consultancy Out Now.
Thankfully the Guardian has put up a correction to say that the data refers to readers of the magazines rather than the L and G population as a whole. What I don’t get is that no-one on the paper thought that the opportunity to read an expensive (and shite, but that’s beside the point) lesbian magazine every month and to live an out-lesbian lifestyle, are opportunities not always available to less well-off people, and that this might skew their figures.
I recall reading this article, but don’t recall the details of how the survey had been carried out. I was considering applying for celibate gay status, citing financial grounds at my examination upon reading it. i’ve even been attending gcse gay classes in preparation - glad I read this before I got my head shaved, then I really would have been in trouble.*
* Warning - this post may contain traces of saracasm.