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The misinterpretation of the vogue article

Hetlors and Swifties claim this article is her saying she’s straight which is interesting because she never actually says that. Here’s what this statement and article actually means in the most simplest sense. It’s time for a little debunk.

She talks about advocating for a specific part of the lgbtq community and how she didn’t realise it until recently that she could.

This was In 2019 but go back a couple years which I remember during the 1989 maybe even earlier she advocated for LGBTQ people on multiple occasions. See examples below

So it’s definitely not the first occasion of her advocating so why did she say in 2019 she only realised she could recently?

Because she has advocated for bi, queer, lesbian and gay people in the past but never for trans, drag and gender queer people.

During the lover era she advocated for this specific part of the queer community heavily which she has never done.

She only realised now (2019) she could advocate for this part of the community which as a woman she isn’t apart of. She never denies being queer in some way herself but rather states I can advocate for others in this community aside from what and how I identify myself as. Or who I have only advocated for in the past.

So when Hetlors use this as a anti-Gaylor Claim they completely miss the point of this article and statement, the evidence is there it’s clear she never denies she’s queer and never asserts herself as straight. Hope this clears up the misunderstandings.

https://www.reddit.com/r/GaylorSwift/s/NqaA7M6PPm 🫣 it's just insane how Taylor's PRomance machine has been working so well for years and all the people really believe she was in love with all those men and wrote all those love songs about them.

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It’s a good post isn’t it?

There’s no doubt about Travlor, it’s the most obvious PR ship ever. Even if I believed it was real, I couldn’t doubt they’ve been milking the hell out of it since day one.

"Rights are being stripped from basically everyone who isn't a straight white cisgender male," she tells Vogue, when asked about why she chose to, all of a sudden, stand up for LGBTQ+ rights. "I didn't realize until recently that I could advocate for a community that I'm not a part of."

Source: https://www.out.com/news/2019/8/08/taylor-swift-says-shes-straight-despite-all-bisexual-rumors#toggle-gdpr

I was waiting for this to come through my inbox lol. (There was more then one ask about this but I'm only responding to the first.)

There's lots to unpack here but the first and foremost thing is: She doesn't actually say here, "I'm straight." It was a perfect opportunity. It was the ideal conversation. She punted. Why?

Why did she instead give this vague, circuitous, carefully couched answer?

She calls out communities encompassing sexuality, race, and gender, followed by saying, "a community that I'm not a part of." There are lots of communities that she could have been referring to, but she crafted the sentence in such a way that makes it unclear which one. She could have been talking about the trans community. She could have been talking about the poc community. She could have been talking about the ace community. She could have been talking about the gay male community. There are lots of possibilities. In this carefully worded sentence, she deliberately avoided naming the specific community she's talking about.

Another thing to consider is that many, many closeted people don't consider themselves part of the queer community. They don't feel like they belong because they're not out and proud. And even once people come out, it often still takes time before they feel like they're part of the queer community. That was certainly my personal experience. Cara Delevingne said something similar in her Hulu show when discussing her own coming out.

Let's move on. The link anon provided isn't the source. It's an article quoting the source. The actual source is the 2019 Vogue cover article. And the full article is important because there are lots of interesting things that give context to this quote.

First, there's a great deal of conversation about gay stuff and lgbtq+ rights. And the writer makes a point of saying about this subject matter that Taylor seems to enjoy that part of the conversation "as much as she’d enjoy a root canal." Wouldn't a straight ally be eager to discuss this? They would. And a closeted queer person would be uncomfortable and panicking at the thought of having to talk so blatantly about this subject. The writer also makes a point of saying that once the conversation changes to music, Taylor lights up and her demeanor and speech patterns relax dramatically.

The other important context that the Vogue article discusses is Taylor's very long history of supporting lgbtq+ rights. Everything from the Mean mv of a gay boy being bullied to the "boys and boys and girls and girls" line in WTNY to donations to lgbtq+ organizations to giving out queer awards to queer people to dedicating Dress to Loie Fuller, an openly gay artist. There are plenty of other examples of Taylor advocating for the queer community that aren't mentioned. All the way back in 2008 she participated in the LOGO queer anti-bullying PSA. In 2009 she was in Seventeen magazine taking a stand against the slaying of a teenager for being gay.

Why is this important? Because it proves that Taylor is lying in the quote in question. "I didn't realize until recently that I could advocate…" girl yes you did. You've been advocating for years and years at this point. She's lying. She's lying. She's covering herself up. She's hiding in the closet and hoping desperately that no one notices.

And this isn't the first time she's done this either. During the 1989 press tour she gave an interview where she was asked about the "And you can want who you want / Boys and boys and girls and girls" line. As the interviewer is starting to speak about this, a look of pure panic immediately takes over Taylor's face:

And then she starts stumbling around trying to give a coherent answer. At one point she stutters out, "And also I wrote this song, um, I wrote this song, kind of, kind of following, the, uh, when gay marriage became legal in New York." This interview was in October 2014. Gay marriage had been legal in New York since June 2011. Sooo three years later is "kind of following." Right. Sure, Taylor. Nice closeting. You really nailed it.

Okay let's review. She doesn't actually say she's straight even though this was a perfect opportunity to do so. She doesn't name the actual community she's talking about, giving herself cover if she ever comes out. She's closeted and probably doesn't think she's part of the queer community anyways. She full-on lies about not knowing she can advocate for others. And the writer states Taylor seems deeply uncomfortable talking about lgbtq+ things even though the context of the article was that blondie wanted to make it clear how much of an ally she is.

None of this remotely adds up to hetero. And none of this comes even close to Taylor saying that she's straight.

I write because I don’t know what I think until I read what I say.

Flannery O’Connor (via mariannapaige)

I totally get not wanting the media or fans to ask invasive questions about your relationship but taylor swift will write music like nobody can EVER find out about our love because it will cross lines it will not fit into 1950s expectations it will be a big conversation because the culture isn't clever enough to confess my truth and they think they know about us but they don't they will put us into cages and boxes and i wear you in an invisible locket because i have deep fears that the world will divide us and i'll fall from grace if they find out .... boy

Maybe in the 2044 remake we are gonna finally have a wlw relationship like Regina-Janis or Regina-Cady or whichever,I’m not picky 🤩🥰

I honestly do think Mean Girls DOES need to be made every twenty years.

It's an honest (if very exaggerated) look at how brutal high school social politics can be and with just two generations of it, you can see how ideas of what feminism is and how best to advocate for it have changed.

Not to mention, it's relevant how bullying keeps evolving with technology. Social media is obviously a huge part of Mean Girls (2024), whereas it was, of course, non-existent in Mean Girls (2004). I'm terrified of what that could look like in 2044 lmao geez

The audience of all women ahahah

NOT MOONBYUL SITTING/LAYING ON AUDIENCE MEMBERS DURING SHUT DOWN?????!?!?!

But if we say something we are called “delusional” and they think we are speculating on her sexuality… we just have eyes 👀 and we are not easily fooled by the media

i just wanna talk about how..interesting it would be if a straight woman said her top spotify artist was girl in red. if a straight woman gifted her paintings with [marie’s] lyrics on it. if a straight woman posted a screenshot of her listening to girl in red telling everyone to do the same at a time when girl in red was a great way to say “hey i like girls”.

Very proud 💚

I think my favorite part of being a Gaylor is we aren’t people-pleasing fiends. We are art appreciators. We are soul lovers. We are open minded creatives who love a queer little mystery. We’re fellow poets, not rabid spectators. We hold her accountable when it comes to politics and we hold her hand when we notice that she might need our support. Sure, we love a gay meet-cute and we have our own opinions about the muses, but we don’t really care what lips she’s calling home as much as we care about the poetry in her beautiful mind. It’s her art that matters most to us because she is telling OUR story and she is using OUR history to do it. To us, she’s not just singing about falling in love with some bad boy. To us, she’s singing about her life literally being in danger and her career being compromised if she ever exposes her truest self. We feel that because we’ve been there. It’s a pain so bone deep it never stops aching.

So all that to say: I am proud to be a girl kisser and I am proud to be part of this community, instead of trapped in a fucking one brain-celled cult. And Taylor, if you’re in here, just know that no matter what happens we see you and we are proud of you. You’re out to us and that’s all that matters (but boy it would be nice if you’d crush the dreams of these homophobes lol).

ANYWAY…Reblog if you’re proud to be a Gaylor 🏳️‍🌈🫶☀️✨🐇💕🌈

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