Gabriel Rotello
Author, journalist, and documentarian living in L.A.
Drag Queens Don't Get Fat
Posted: 1/12/12 08:09 PM ET
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gabriel-rotello/drag-queens-dont-get-fat_b_1196799.htmlThe fabulous Simon Doonan has a new book out called Gay Men Don't Get Fat, which purportedly proves that gay men -- with our fashion sense, knack for accessories, and caloric, if not colonic, wisdom -- are actually French women. Now, I normally consider Simon infallible on matters fashionable and gay. But when I was in France a while ago, I had a life-changing insight that now gives me an ever-so-slight quibble with his thesis. So in deference to Doonan, let me explain.
My insight came after I had struggled to speak French in the very gay Marais and discovered that despite all my efforts, I still had significant language problems. In my case, the biggest problem was not syntax or subjunctives or gender, as horrendous as they are. It was my "Madame" problem.
