FabSwingers

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FabSwingers is a social networking website for swingers and those seeking casual sex. Founded in 2006[1] by a swinging couple,[2] the website has options for men, women and transgender users, and allows users to sort by location, venues, as well as individual fetishes and kinks.[1][3] It has a companion website called Fab Guys which is aimed at gay and bisexual men.[2]

Features

A profile on FabSwingers can represent a single person or a couple[4] and consists of age, gender and sexual orientation along with a list of interests which can include cuckoldry, dogging[3] and oral sex, among others.[1] Profiles can also be verified for authenticity when the user submits a photograph of themselves along with their username written down.[3]

FabSwingers operates on a freemium model with features including seeing higher-resolution photos and seeing other users who have looked at the logged-in profile.[3] Advertising is also removed for paying members.[4]

Reception

The user interface of the website has been criticised for being dated.[1][3]

Incidents

In March 2018, Jesse McDonald fatally stabbed Naomi Hersi, a transgender woman, following an encounter arranged on FabSwingers. He was found guilty of murder and sentenced on 1 November.[5][6][7]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Olivia Cassano (12 February 2020). "What really happens inside the hookup site FabSwingers". Cosmopolitan. https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/love-sex/sex/a30870171/fabswingers/. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Joseph McCormick (15 February 2018). "Fab Guys: Everything you need to know about the gay dating site". PinkNews. https://www.thepinknews.com/2018/02/15/fab-guys-gay-dating-app-what-is-fabguys/. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 James Nolan (7 January 2019). "What I Saw During 12 Hours On the Hook-Up Site Replacing Tinder" (in en). Vice. https://www.vice.com/en/article/8xpp5v/what-i-saw-during-12-hours-on-the-hook-up-site-replacing-tinder. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Maria Montgomery (22 March 2024). "Fab Swingers: How does it work, and should I try it out?". Age Times. https://www.agetimes.co.uk/relationships/sex/fab-swingers-how-does-it-work-and-should-i-try-it-out. Retrieved 25 May 2025. 
  5. ↑ "Man jailed for 20 years for murder of transgender woman". The Guardian. 1 November 2018. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/nov/01/man-jailed-for-murder-transgender-woman-after-drugs-binge. 
  6. ↑ "Man who murdered transgender woman in Heathrow hotel room jailed for at least 20 years". The Independent. 1 November 2018. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/man-jailed-murder-transgender-woman-heathrow-hotel-jesse-mcdonald-naomi-hersi-a8613026.html. 
  7. ↑ Lucia Binding (27 October 2018). "University dropout convicted of murdering transgender woman after sex and drugs binge". Sky News. https://news.sky.com/story/university-dropout-convicted-of-murdering-transgender-woman-after-sex-and-drugs-binge-11536437. 
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