ABSTRACT
Due to sociocultural norms that privilege hegemonic forms of embodiment in Gay, Bisexual, and Queer (GBQ) men’s communities, there are unique norms towards eating, food, and nutrition that require nuanced and depathologizing research attention. Previous work has detailed GBQ men’s body image norms and how such norms intersect with productions of gay masculinities. This chapter engages with some necessary considerations when discussing GBQ men’s dietary and supplement uptakes through a critical dietetic framework, with some considerations for arts-based approaches and methodologies. We describe critical dietetics, critical ecological frameworks, research on GBQ masculinities, and specific considerations – including arts-based approaches – when working with GBQ communities in dietary practices, such as systemic racism, fatphobia, femmephobia, and heteromasculinity. We then provide future recommendations for social justice work pertaining to dietary supplement practices within GBQ communities.
