Queer Food Stories - References and Further Reading:

Source used to provide information for multiple stories:

ACT Government’s Office for LGBTIQ+ Affairs, and Graham Willett. 2019. ACTing OUT: Canberra’s Very Queer History. https://www.cmtedd.act.gov.au/?a=1445360.

Used to provide information for the following menu items:
Spring Out Big Gay Breakfast Box, ACT at Mardi Gras Seasonal Fruit Box, Club 19 Coffee Shop Box, CAMP Champagne Chicken Picnic Lunch Box, Euree Street Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Grazing Box, Queer Night Life Box, Rod Anderson Canapé, Seahorse Formal Dinner Package and the Meridian History.

Queer Food acknowledges and thanks Graham Willet for writing down Canberra’s Very Queer History, it has been an invaluable asset for the queer community. It was an honour to let Graham be the first person to try a Euree Street’s Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence grazing box.

Additional resources used for menu items can also be found below.

Meeting Graham Willet for the first time in October 2023.

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