...novelty? Sexual tension? Fantasy? Do 'fagg hags' secretly want to seduce us? Do they want to say to their friends "Oh, look, I'm so trendy, I know a gay person?" or "Look at me, I'm so poofter tolerant"?

Fear of straight men.

They tell me they feel sorry for them.

No it's not that at all, I think - they can have a male friend without getting hit on or having someone stare at their tits or their ass when a man holds the door open for them.