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Why obsess over Taylor Swift’s sexuality when there are more openly queer musicians than ever? | Rebecca Shaw


We are living in a time when we are spoiled with immediately available access to queer artists of any genre. You don’t have to hunt for clues

The latest one surrounds a 5,000-word opinion piece written for the New York Times by an editor and member of the Gaylor community – people who theorise that Taylor Swift is secretly queer and has left clues and codes along her career to indicate so. The piece validated the corner of the internet that believes the theory, and caused controversy in three others , including a source in Swift’s camp, who called it sexist and unethical. When you have at your fingertips Phoebe Bridgers’ sad bisexual songs, Orville Peck’s mournful country tunes, Chappell Roan’s pop bangers, etc, etc, etc?

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