Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Julia Child" in English language version.
I believe that Julia Child was homophobic out of ignorance, but she became very good friends with lots of the gay men in the food business and forgave them all for being in the food business.
{{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)...she found homosexuality outlandish—not immoral, and certainly not to be criminalized, but a rude disruption in the natural order of things.
But the chefs and dinner committee co-chairmen were the heroes of the day and were introduced at the end of the meal by Julia Child, the woman who made cooking fashionable in America. It's a wonderful gaggle of chefs, said Mrs. Child as the audience cheered and chanted Julia, Julia, Julia.
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It's mentioned, too, that she held homophobic beliefs prior to becoming an AIDS activist in the 1980s, before the subject is swiftly dropped in favor of further generic "food is love" appraisals from her acolytes.
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