{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"HappyCow","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog","author_name":"sarahsolsunshine","author_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/author\/sarahsolsunshine\/","title":"so Your Girlfriend's a Vegan - HappyCow","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"WqjZtyUOaJ\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/so-your-girlfriends-a-vegan\/\">so Your Girlfriend&#8217;s a Vegan<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/so-your-girlfriends-a-vegan\/embed\/#?secret=WqjZtyUOaJ\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;so Your Girlfriend&#8217;s a Vegan&#8221; &#8212; HappyCow\" data-secret=\"WqjZtyUOaJ\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"One intrepid dyke asks the age-old question: Do you eat meat? By Sarah E. Brown I recently had dinner with a lesbian friend of mine at a chic vegan restaurant in downtown San Francisco. While we were midway through our meal of lime-marinated oyster mushrooms and tofu-ricotta lasagna, my friend dunked her toasted crostini in sun-dried tomato pesto and was about to take a bite when she blurted out, \u201cDo you see how many chicks are in this place? Why are so many of us vegan?\u201d Her question was one that I have fielded many times before. It is undeniable that both vegan and lesbian communities draw from each other, both for support and membership. Lesbian-oriented events in big cities are almost always catered vegan, or at least provide vegan options. Geographically speaking, communities with significant lesbian populations, such as Portland, Ore., Berkeley, Calif., and Brooklyn, N.Y., are also well-known vegan havens. Yet there still seems to be a lot of misunderstanding both within and outside the lesbian communities. Why are there so many queer female vegans? While each person comes to veganism on her own terms, there are great incentives for women of all sexualities to be vegan. To [&hellip;]","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/cropped-HappyCowSQUARE-2016-512.jpg","thumbnail_width":512,"thumbnail_height":512}