Few figures in American pop culture embody camp, contradiction, and survival quite like Tammy Faye. With her towering lashes, trembling voice, and unapologetic emotional honesty, Tammy Faye transformed religious television into something closer to performance art — earnest, excessive, and endlessly quotable.
“Enough Is Enough” became one of her most iconic refrains: a line delivered with mascara-streaked conviction during moments of scandal, judgment, and moral panic. What was meant as righteous outrage has since been lovingly reclaimed as pure camp gospel — a phrase that resonates far beyond its original context.
For queer audiences especially, Tammy Faye became an unlikely ally and icon. She spoke openly about love, compassion, and AIDS at a time when few in her world dared to. Her sincerity, vulnerability, and refusal to harden into cruelty made her a figure of deep affection within LGBTQ+ culture — flawed, theatrical, and human.
