Auto and Transportation Experts Who Identify as LGBTQ
Transportation and automobile sectors are a global industry that is one of the largest economic sectors. Statista reports that the global automotive manufacturing market alone was worth about 2.86 trillion U.S. dollars in 2021 and is projected to grow to some 2.95 trillion U.S. dollars in 2022. It is an intensive technology user that leads innovation, directly employs 13.58 million people (2020), and supports many indirect jobs through suppliers and other affiliates.
According to Community Marketing Insights, most LGBTQ and general population studies tend to range from 82% to 88% for car ownership in 2020 (CMI research in the past three years puts the range from 82 percent to 85 percent for LGBTQ). Their brand preference, in order of favourite, is Toyota, Honda, Ford, Subaru, Chevrolet, Nissan, Jeep, Hyundai, Volkswagen, and Kia. Some 43 percent of LGBTQ individuals would have an interest in purchasing an electric vehicle.
Many automotive suppliers have diversity initiatives to encourage LGBTQ and other minority communities to participate. Sadly, though, car ads are still dominated by heterosexual couples with the man in a dominant position. Many repair shops retain attitudes which make them even hostile to women and LGBT people. The CMI survey reports about half of LGBTQ participants (48%) were able to think of an auto brand that they consider to be LGBTQ-friendly but only Subaru registered significant brand recognition among the LGBTQ community.
We have identified the following prominent LGBTQ individuals in the Transportation, Transit, and Logistics sector. They range from industry executives and journalists, to political ministers and consultants.
Canada
- Gordon Price, academic; Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority (TransLink)
- Kathleen Wynne, Minister of Transportation
Germany
- Eva Kreienkamp, consultant and Chief Executive Officer of Berlin’s transport operator, Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe AöR (BVG)
Seychelles
- Fabianna Bonne, Seychelles Civil Aviation Authority
United States
- Andrea Bernstein, journalist
- Peter Buttigieg, Minister of Transportation
- James Cole Jr., U.S. Transportation Department
- Allan Gilmore, former Vice Chairman of Ford Motor Company
- Stephen Goepfert, U.S. Transportation Department
- Arden Hoffman, Chief People Officer, General Motors
- Allen Levenson, automobile executive
- Allison Mattheis, cycling advocate
- William Rosendahl, politician
- Jesse Salazar, consultant
- Ron Shuman, Human Resources, Tesla
- Amanda Simpson, military logistics
- Shawn Skelly, military logistics
- Arlando Teller, Navajo Department of Transportation
- Neal Ulrich, automotive engineering and design
- Scott Wiener, San Francisco County Transportation Authority
See Also
- LGBTQ Chief Executive Officers of Business Enterprises
- LGBTQ Chief Information/Technology Officers
- Union Leaders Who Identify as LGBTQ
- LGBTQ Economists
- Noteworthy LGBTQ Individuals in the Accounting Profession
- Human Resource Professionals Who Are LGBTQ
- Marketing Professionals Who Identify as LGBTQ
- LGBTQ Venture Capitalists and Startup Advisors
- LGBTQ Bankers
- Investment and Wealth Management and the LGBTQ Community
- Corporate Diversity and Inclusion Officers Who Identify as LGBTQ
- The LGBTQ Presence in the Insurance Industry
- Transgender Business Leaders
- LGBTQ Chief Legal, Compliance and Risk Officers
- Chief Operating Officers of Business Enterprises Who Are LGBTQ
- Chamber of Commerce LGBTQ Leaders
- Public Relations Experts From the LGBTQ Community
- Chief of Staff Positions Held by LGBTQ Individuals
- LGBTQ Participants in the Energy Sector