Out & About Newspaper is teaming up with Community Marketing Inc. and Rivendell Media on the Gay & Lesbian Consumer Index 2008 study, and is offering participants the chance to win two free roundtrip airline tickets.

Participate in the largest GLBT Community Survey in history and help demonstrate the growing Power in Our Pride. Everyone who completes the survey by Sept 14, 2008, will be entered into a drawing to win one of five iPod Shuffles or the Grand Prize of two free airline tickets from/to any of the participating airline’s destinations in the 48 continental U.S. States, plus Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. Restrictions apply.

Please take the survey and tell your friends.

“We encourage all of our readers to join others across the U.S. to participate in one of the largest GLBT community surveys in history,” said O&AN Publisher Jerry Jones. “The results will help demonstrate the growing power in our pride as a community.”

The survey will be active from Aug. 15 (Friday) to Sept 14 (Sunday). An online survey will be available to O&AN readers from August 15 to Sept. 14. All O&AN readers who participate and complete the survey will be entered into a drawing to win one of the two prizes – the grand prize - two free airline tickets from/to any of the participating airline’s destinations in the 48 continental U.S., plus Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean.  Additionally, you can win one of five iPod shuffles for completing the survey.

To take the survey, click here. All personal survey data will be held confidentially by Community Marketing, Inc. It will not be sold to third parties or used for marketing purposes.

Community Marketing, Inc. is the research authority for GLBT consumer dynamics. Last years Gay and Lesbian Consumer Index Survey was completed by over 25,000 participants, and we're expecting a similar number this year.

Community Marketing’s research has earned its reputation as the industry standard and has been referenced in boardrooms around the world to understand the gay market and create appropriate strategies. Frequently quoted in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Miami Herald, Wall Street Journal and USA Today, CMI’s research is considered the definitive resource for insights into today’s gay and lesbian market.  

 “Survey’s like this are important to our community,” Jones said. “They help open doors and minds in leading corporations and organizations. We encourage all of our readers to participate and help shape this outline of our community.”