Gay and vegan
Coming Out as Gay, Coming Out as Vegan
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Michael Suchman, Main Street Vegan
October
We are willing to risk the labels and negative stereotypes to tell that we believe that all beings, regardless of species, deserve to stay free of human interference. Rallying around the stereotype of Real men ingest meat is easy, but that is actually the safer route. It is a real man who declares, I will not be a part of this, when he encounters injustice and bullying.
For many people, coming out can be difficult, often scary. If it were effortless, everyone would do it. When we come out, we are calling attention to ourselves, intentionally highlighting what makes us alternative from the perceived norm. For men, coming out as gay or vegan raises the question of what it means to be a man. Sadly, a gay man or a vegan man is often still not perceived as being a real man by the standards of our culture.
Some of the negative stereotypes of gay
Exploring the intersection of queer culture and veganism
Veganism is often seen as &#;queer&#; and a lot of queer-identifying people are vegan. But is this a pure coincidence, or is there a correlation between being queer and being vegan?
Recently, I was on a date with a girl and, both being vegetarian or vegan, we discussed our dietary habits. She mentioned that she had a lot of queer friends who also happened to be vegetarian or vegan, and then made a fleeting comment about this seeming to be the case for a lot of queer people.
Strangely enough, I’d never really thought about it before that, but a lot of queer people do happen to also be vegetarian or vegan. In fact, journalist Josie Le Vay created a poll on vegan Facebook groups in the UK, asking people if they identified as LGBT+. Out of responses, % said they were LGBT+.
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. So, I spoke to some queer vegans to find out what they think and how they feel these concepts overlap and d
"I reflect we need to verb that whether we stare good or bad is determined by social norms. And those are really useful guides when what we want to act is conform to those norms. But they are really crummy guides when what we want to do is change those norms. I want to argue that we shouldlook bad. When we soften our message, tamp down our protest, speak up less strongly for animals in order to [not] look bad, we sacrifice our efficacy."
"I think on the contrary we should do more of the things that make us look bad. I ponder that the only way out of looking awful is throughit. If these actions don&#;t make sense our job is not to stop doing them, it is to verb them make sense. The way to successfully doubt social norms is to normalize the challenge to t
Sean O&#;Callaghan &#; Fat Gay Vegan
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Sean O’Callaghan is better known as Fat Gay Vegan, and is one of the OG vegan bloggers.
Sean started his blog, Fat Gay Vegan, back in and has since “spent thousands of hours writing blog posts, promoting vegan business, supporting charities and hosting social events all in the hope that we can improve outcomes for animals.”
Sean is well-known and loved as an event planner, author and general lover of vegan sustenance and drink, with nearly 67k followers on Instagram. He is based in the UK and Mexico and has built up a huge following through his no-fuss approach to blogging about vegan dining from an ethical rather than ‘health trend’ standpoint.
In , Sean published ‘Fat Gay Vegan: Eat, Cocktail and Live Like You Give a Sh!t’, and now co-hosts the ‘Tell Me Where I’m Going (Wrong)’ podcast, in which “two exes engage in an irreverent chat about pop culture, ageing in the queer world, and what it’s like for a romantic relationship to morph into friendship.”
Before becoming vegan, Sean was vegetarian. He told V-Land UK about his journe