Antoni Porowski

My kitchen is limited at best. I have one drawer. But I make do with what I have; it's taught me to be super efficient in terms of how I clean and how I put things away. ”

I've always considered myself a little more fluid along the spectrum. So even being called bisexual... I remember, in my early twenties, I was like, 'But bisexual means I can only like girls and guys. What if I like something else?' ”

As proud as I am of being Polish-Canadian, sometimes I'm so jealous I wasn't born Italian. ”

Some people want to define themselves, and they should, as it's part of their identity. For me personally, I've never really had a label for myself. ”

I don't like processed soy stuff. ”

I can't do too much of one thing, or I get very distracted. ”

For the most part, it was never assumed that I was gay, and I've had people be sort of surprised that I was gay or act apologetic like they didn't know, which would just make me really uncomfortable. And I never had shame for it, but I never felt like introducing myself as, 'I'm Antoni. I'm gay. How are you?' ”

I still think it's weird that people are interested in what I like and what I represent. ”

My sexuality's something that's intimate. It's not anything that I'm ashamed of. ”

I'm someone who's experienced impostor syndrome - as I think a lot of people have with their careers, especially when they pursue what they're passionate about, because they want to be good at it. I've experienced that as a gay man; I've experienced that as a cook, as a gallery director, as a student of psychology. ”