I’m a queer food anthropologist dedicated to understanding, exploring, and amplifying past and current queer and trans voices in food.

My graduate research at New York University explored how LGBTQA+ and intersectional communities are often overlooked in mainstream media and in response to that; how to build community for queer folks in food communities. After receiving my M.A., I co-founded a non-profit with a handful of queer folks, including current Executive Director and dear friend Vanessa Parish, called Queer Food Foundation, addressing the need for visibility with queer/trans folks in food and beverage.

Myself, alongside two amazing colleagues, Ashley Scheideberg and Javonne Alonzo, presented at Boston University’s Queer Food Conference in April 2024 on Teaching Queer Food at a University Level where after, we announced the creation of a new Queer Food Journal, Pantry Magazine, with Issue 1 debuting this Spring/Summer 2025. This journal is part of a larger academic project called Pantry Collective where we explores the role queer food organizations, specifically intersectional organizations, play at a national level in our food system through a multi-disciplinary lens. Most recently, our work was selected to be presented at ASFA | AFHVS 2025 Conference.

I am currently in the weeds of writing a chapter titled Taste, Identity, and Resistance in Food Justice Movements for an academic food studies book, scheduled for release in late summer 2025.

I’ve been honored to speak at various panels and events across the U.S. and the U.K., including Penn State University, New York University, the Food Cosmogonies Short Course (UK), and Catawba College.

Interested in working together? Say hi: hello[@]gabriellelenart.com

Words
Queer Food Gift Guide 2023
At Hags, Queer Fine Dining Is a Fantasy Come True
Resilience and Transformation: How LGBT+ Restaurants Are Taking Center Stage
Chef Silvana on Standing Out and Standing Up For Her Community
Gastronomica - Adapting Queer Foodways
How to Celebrate Pride in Quarantine

Speaking Events
Boston University - Queer Food Conference 2024 Panelist - Teaching Queer Food at a University Level Roundtable
New York University - Queering the Digital Space
Catawba College - Social Activism in Digital Media
The Gramounce - Food Cosmogonies
Food Tank - Queer Food Foundation Launches Mutual Aid Project to Address Food Insecurity
Specialty Food News - Q&A With Queer Food Foundation's Lenart
Reforma CDMX - Inclusión desde la cocina
James Beard Foundation - More Than Pride Month, More Than Merch
Museum of Food and Drink (MoFAD) - Food and Queer Bodies, and Writing While Queer
WNPR
The Voyages of Tim Vetter 

Organizations, Projects, People to Support*
Queer Food Foundation
Gramounce- Queer Food Course and Residency
Deluxe Queer
FIG
Queer Money Project
SFQP
Side Yard Farm + Kitchen
Queer Soup Night
Queer Farm Network
FAMM
Queer in Cannabis
Jazz Cabbage Pod
Queer Wine Fest
Co-Fermented
Big Queer Food Fest
Babe Wine Bar
Harana Market
Queer Food Conference
Combos Press Queer Earth Food
Chala. June’s Work
John Birdsall’s Work
Dr. Alex Ketchum
Leo/Leah Kirts Work
Jaya Saxena’s Work

*This list is not exhaustive and will be updated regularly.