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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Jeffrey Ingold

Speak now: why pop stars must do more to defend LGBTQ+ fans

Taylor Swift performing in Philadelphia, 12 May 2023.
Taylor Swift performing in Philadelphia last week. Photograph: Lisa Lake/TAS23/Getty Images for TAS

Look what an overly aggressive security guard made Taylor Swift do. Over the weekend, the singer won praise for calling out a guard, mid-performance, who was being rough with a female fan.

However, as a queer Swiftie, I can’t help but wish she would channel that same energy and her enormous platform into denouncing the record number of anti-LGBTQ+ laws being introduced across the US. Since starting in March, Swift’s Eras tour has taken her to numerous states that have ushered in some of the most extreme anti-LGBTQ+ bills in decades, including Florida, Tennessee and Texas. Yet the singer has stayed silent.

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