A press article speculating about Taylor Swift's sexual orientation has caused a stir on social media, with many internet users calling for the article to be removed.
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The column in question, which runs to about 5,000 words and was published on Sunday in the “Opinion” pages of The New York Times, hypothesizes that the American pop star identifies as a member of the LGBTQ community in a veiled way, but does so publicly affirms being heterosexual.
Neither the New York daily nor the agents of the 34-year-old artist, Time magazine's 2023 Personality of the Year, responded to a query from AFP.
However, the controversial article was “intrusive, inaccurate and inappropriate,” commented an anonymous person close to Taylor Swift, quoted by CNN.
Many readers also responded with criticism of the New York Times, rejecting the idea that the American youth idol could be a lesbian who has not yet come out.
The author of the text, Anna Marks, lists a long list of actions that Taylor Swift has done that are intended to suggest that she is “queer”.
The addition of all these facts “gives queer people the impression that she is one of them,” says the journalist.
Anna Marks gives the example of Chely Wright, an American country singer who admitted that she had to wait years before “coming out of the closet” for personal reasons directly related to her career.
Taylor Swift, adored by legions of fans – the “Swifties” – openly advocates for LGBTQ rights without ever identifying as queer.
On the contrary, over the years we have had romantic relationships with various male celebrities who created buzz in the celebrity pages of magazines.
The singer of “Shake It Off”, “Anti-Hero” and “You Need To Calm Down”, whose career began in Nashville, the cradle of country music, has been performing with the Chiefs American football player for several months on Kansas City, Travis Kelce.
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Now considered a feminist icon, she also shook up the music industry with a phenomenally successful tour.