Swish Voices
Reflections, commentary and first-person accounts from Swish members on LGBT issues and current events. Something on your mind? Email Swish board member Jamie and let us know.
August 14, 2011PRIDE and Prejudice
December 15, 2010Doing Our PartWhen the vote in New York came in 38-24 against marriage equality, we were completely crestfallen. Our plan stalled. The people we loved had just been told their relationships were not as worthy of sanctification in the eyes of our state as ours was. That was not acceptable, and we didn't know quite what to do next.
June 5, 2010Happy 80th Birthday, HarveyAs we took to the streets of the West Village, marching down Broadway to City Hall, Harvey Milk's voice shouting through his bullhorn rang through my head: "Hope will never be silent."
April 20, 2009The Marrying Man“I can now say that anything less than full marriage rights is totally unequal.”
December 5, 2008Prop 8 Reflections“I hope that people can see that our love and our voices are bigger than people’s ability to hate.”
October 2, 2008Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Fag Hags (But Were Afraid to Ask)“A fag hag is like the underwire bra of the LGBT community. She lifts, separates, and makes things just a little bit prettier.”
June 7, 2006Marriage for All, or Never for Me“Opposing gay marriage is just as racist, sexist, and bigoted as segregation 50 years ago.”
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