4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Washington Post
Quiche, drag brunch and sit-ins: How food informs queer identity
Is quiche queer?
Until recently, I wouldn't have known quite how to answer that question.
Sure, I remember the 'Real Men Don't Eat Quiche' book, which became a bestseller in the 1980s by satirizing stereotypes about masculinity. And as a Texan who grew up on barbecue and later came out as gay and even later as vegetarian — I'm now a tofu-and-potatoes man — I understand how, to some people, food choices can seem inextricable from sexual identity.
