<p>If 'man food' is meat and 'girl food' is salad, what's 'gay food'?</p>
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THE REAL REASON GAY MEN DON'T GET FAT
New York gay about town and Barneys creative director Simon Doonan jt sold a mancript for a diet book lled Gay Men Don't Get Fat. While this is te, the real reason why gay men don't get fat might not be the most marketable msage. * diet for gay bottoms *
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THE 'GAY DIET'
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Fred Latasa-Nicks, the gay chef-owner of famed Provcetown rtrant Strangers and Sats, says the staff se most of their rervatns toward the end of the week, but he’s not sure whether to attribute that to partyg earlier the week or “bottoms beg bottoms” by savg their dners out for later.