“I saw your float at the parade, and I think you are not only FABULOUS but are truly QUEER spirited.”
—Israel David Fishman, featured subject in the documentary Trembling Before G-D
“I myself have been a fag hag since I was in the sixth grade. No wait, since I was 5 years old. I’m still very good friends with a ‘boy’ I grew up with. Thank you from all the women in the world who are blessed enough to have such loving and caring men in our lives.”
—Rachel, Los Angeles
“It’s about time!”
—Harvey Fierstein, following a performance of Hairspray, on hearing about the Swish debut at NYC Pride
“It’s not often that you find a gaggle of straight people with enough fabulousness to rival the gays.”
—BP Boy
“I took one look at the Swish website and fell in love. You bitches are sooooo fucking fabulous, I think I am going to have to get some re-education in the everlasting study of the fag hag dogma.”
—Pauly
“I am a homosexual man myself, and it is encouraging to know that there are websites that show women who are supportive of homosexual men. I think that straight women and gay men are interlinked big time.”
—Michael “Double M”