Swish in the Press
December 30, 2009Time Out New York: Best of Gay 2009“NYC had an impressive showing in Washington, D.C., for October’s Equality March, for which Gotham City contingents, including Marriage Equality New York, Swish, the LGBT Center, and Josh Wood party fans, boarded buses to the afternoon protest; fellow NYCers Christine Quinn, Staceyann Chin, and Cynthia Nixon were among the rousing speakers.”
October 8, 2009Time Out New York: The National Equality March“Plenty of NYC contingents will be on hand, from Marriage Equality and the NYCLU to the feminist Paradigm Shift, the gay-boy-loving straight girls of Swish, and the fierce fighters of the Queer Justice League.”
August 18, 2009salon.com: Ladies, I’m Not Your Gay Boyfriend“More and more, the fag hag is becoming a relic of another era. As a case in point, Swish, the world’s preeminent fag hag organization, is undergoing a rebranding. The group plans to get rid of its acronym in an effort to include more non-fag hags in its ranks. ‘That’s the way the movement is going,’ says Sue Sena, co-founder. ‘If the moniker is eroding, that’s a great thing.’”
June 10, 2009Edge New York: Straight New Yorkers, Public Radio Show Their Pride
"Sure, you swish when you walk; but do you Swish? Want to make a real political statement? March with the straights from Swish and show the world you’re not embarrassed to be seen at a gay event with actual heterosexuals! Swish will go back to high school this year with their fabulous homecoming float, SWISH BOOM BA!, which celebrates the out high school kids of today and the queer high school kid in all of us."
April 20, 2009Edge New York: Is the Gay Bar So 20th Century?“The straight people who go to gay bars are there to support the gay people in their life and share fun experiences with them. They’re there out of love, so it shouldn’t be perceived as an us-and-them kind of situation.”
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