Juan José Cabezudo
Peruvian chef / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Juan José Cabezudo, also known as "El maricón" or "Comesuelas" (b. c. 1800, d. c. 1860) was a famous Afro-Peruvian cook with a food stall in Lima's Plaza Mayor, during the first half of the 19th century. Travelers, such as Max Radiguet, writers, such as Ricardo Palma, costumbrista painters, such as Pancho Fierro and Francisco Javier Cortés, and the photographic studio of Eugenio Courret portrayed Juan José. His name became synonymous with "faggot" in the Peruvian political press of the 19th century, which speaks of the enormous visibility of this character, who is recognized in history as the first openly homosexual Peruvian figure.[1][2]