What percent of vegans are gay

So Peterson-lite carnivores: bad. Is the real ick just overdoing it then? It feels important to ask: How sexy is the real alternative to vegan dudes — all-meat, all-macho guys? But of course, just one poll doesn’t address whether or not there is a link, nor the similarities and differences of being queer and being vegan.

By Matt Jancer. Do women think vegan men are less masculine? That might not win over the Andrew Tate bros as signs of alpha masculinity, but it might help them actually get girlfriends IRL. When I turn the question over to the wider internet ecosystem, year-old Martha, who uses a fake name for privacy reasons like some others in this piece, is quick to pitch in on Twitter.

Flick, 54, offers some balanced words of wisdom. By Stephen Andrew Galiher. So there you have it folks: low maintenance vegans only. This seems like a fairly wild discovery, and a blow for all the vegan dudes out there. We’re all aware of the cliché that so many LGBTQ+ people are vegan or vegetarian, and one study by Curve found that out of responses to a poll in one UK vegan Facebook group, per cent remarked that they were also LGBTQ+.

They're certainly not overrepresented in veganism, but it's true that within the LGTBQ+ community the percentage of vegans is higher than within the rest of society. It also kind of gives caveman vibes. But does this study really hold water? Basically, we asked loads of women if veganism was a turn off.

Preachy, pseudoscience white vegans in Bali: also bad. As in, making your exclusion diet such a big deal you become, well, a dick? To get to the bottom of this, VICE undertook a bit of rigorous scientific research of our own. Perhaps the real issue here is what gals are comparing vegan guys to.

So, I spoke to some queer vegans to find out what they think and how they feel these concepts overlap and differ. Yes, it is possible to be both gay and vegan. Videos by VICE. More importantly, do guy vegans give girls the ick? For many gay people, veganism is seen as a natural extension of their commitment to social justice and animal rights.

By Sammi Caramela. In fact, there are many gay vegans out there who have found that their two identities complement each other perfectly. Read Next. In a world where people still think Jordan Peterson is some kind of role model — even though he literally put himself into a coma through his diet of only beef and Benzos — this feels like an important dividing line.

Even weirder, some vegans thought this too. But surely Zoomers care less about all this than Boomers? In a clear case of vegan on vegan prejudice, the study found negative beliefs about male vegans — such as being unmanly or weak — were harboured by a number of female vegans.

A significant proportion of men participating in the study reportedly felt that male vegans are often viewed as physically weaker and less masculine, and a number of women participants believed there was truth to these stereotypes. By Ashley Fike. Out of responses, % said they were LGBT+.

Veganism might be more popular now, and may no longer draw such intense eye-rolls from older relatives, but what we have now is not much better, Chloe suggests. So vegan guys are adaptable and good in the kitchen? Well, a new study suggests this might be wildly optimistic.