Taylor Swift Pens a Powerful Letter to a Tennessee Senator in Support of LGBTQ+ Rights
Taylor Swift is making her support of the LGBTQ+ community known at the start of Pride Month! On Friday, the 29-year-old singer shared a lengthy letter written to Tennessee senator Lamar Alexander. In the message, Taylor — who has lived in the southern state since she was 14 — advocates for passing the Equality Act, which would shield LGBTQ+ members from discrimination in the workplace, schools, and other forums. The bill has already passed through the House and will go before the Senate.
“I hope we can all put aside partisan affiliations when it comes to matters of basic human rights,” Taylor wrote. She also notes that protecting those human rights will also lead to more jobs in the state as multiple major companies, such as Amazon, Hilton, and IKEA have opposed anti-LGBTQ sentiments and feel it would “negatively affect their ability to do business in Tennessee.”
The “ME!” songstress — who also linked to a Change.org petition that supports the Equality Act — went on to denounce President Trump’s attitude toward the bill, adding, “I personally reject the President’s stance that his administration ‘supports equal treatment of all’ but that the Equality Act ‘in its current form is filled with poison pills that threaten to undermine parental and conscience rights.’ No. One cannot take the position that one supports a community while condemning it in the next breath as going against ‘conscience’ or ‘parental rights.'”
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