Taylor Swift Blasts US Census For Excluding Transgender, Nonbinary People

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Taylor Swift Blasts US Census For Excluding Transgender, Nonbinary People

Taylor Swift, who once was condemned for her political silence, is making up for lost time. The singer/songwriter spoke out Friday on Pride Live’s Stonewall Day livestream event, condemning t…

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Taylor Swift, who once was condemned for her political silence, is making up for lost time. The singer/songwriter spoke out Friday on Pride Live’s Stonewall Day livestream event, condemning the US Census for offering only two choices for gender.

The event is an annual commemoration of the 1969 Stonewall uprising, which many cite as sparking the modern gay rights movement. Other speakers during the Pride Live’s Stonewall Day virtual event included former President Barack Obama, pop stars Katy Perry, Demi Lovato and Kesha, Bravo’s Andy Cohen, actress Cynthia Erivo and actor George Takei, among others.

Swift appeared via recording and praised the US Supreme Court for ruling last week that LGBTQ people are protected from workplace discrimination.

“We had a really good step forward recently with the Supreme Court ruling based on discrimination, based on sex. But we still have so far to go in terms of equality and protections for LGBTQ people and people in the trans community,’ Swift said in her segment.

She also advocated for the Equality Act, a bill that has not passed congress. “It needs to happen.”

However, the 2020 US Census was given a thumbs-down.

“I got my Census the other day and there were two choices for gender. There was male and female and that erasure was so upsetting to me, the erasure of transgender and nonbinary people. When you don’t collect information on a group of people, that means that you have every excuse in the world not to support them.

When you don’t collect data on a community, that’s a really, really brutal way of dismissing them.”
Swift concluded with a call on her fans to vote.

“Obviously, we all need to exercise our right to vote this year. We need to check out our absentee ballot policy in our states and we need to make sure that we elect people who care about all communities.”

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[Celebrate Nite]

lol remind me again why people thought she was based?

 

[The Last Stand]

Have a third option for gender? Other?

It's a census, not a survey.

 

[JambledUpWords]

Maybe Taylor secretly wants all the troons and enbies to be tracked by the government so they could be put into labor camps? It could all just be a long con. I highly doubt it, but conspiracy theories are fun.

 

[Internet's Boyfriend]

I got my Census the other day and there were two choices for gender. There was male and female and that erasure was so upsetting to me, the erasure of transgender and nonbinary people.

This is hilarious to me because it gives off such obvious "privileged celebrity pretending to care for woke points" vibes. Like "Oh my god... it's so upsetting... Discrimination is awful..."

I can see the point behind having an Other option for nonbinary but is there any significant reason to specify that you're trans? Just choose the option you identify as.

 

[drain]

I think the options Male, Female and Other are enough. If you need to explain every micro aspect of your gender identity, you're just fishing for attention.
MTF trans can choose Female, FTM trans can choose Male and the NBs go with other. Problem solved.

 

[Orion Balls]

lol remind me again why people thought she was based?

Because she wrote songs about all the guys that dun her wrong. I think.

 

[Shield Breaker]

lol remind me again why people thought she was based?

Non-progressives usually avoid talking about politics out of fear of being blacklisted, at least in the literary world.

 

[Jeff Boomhauer]

Reminder that she made a song titled, "You Need to Calm Down".

 

[Celebrate Nite]

Because she wrote songs about all the guys that dun her wrong. I think.

As opposed to every other female musician/singer? Guys do this as well, every artist has at least one sappy/downer song relating to their current/ex relationship.

Non-progressives usually avoid talking about politics out of fear of being blacklisted, at least in the literary world.

Has she even been relevant these past few years? Literally the last thing I remember her from is that Bad Blood song in 2015 and nothing else.

 

[Shield Breaker]

As opposed to every other female musician/singer? Guys do this as well, every artist has at least one sappy/downer song relating to their current/ex relationship.



Has she even been relevant these past few years? Literally the last thing I remember her from is that Bad Blood song in 2015 and nothing else.

Last one I remember is 'You belong with me' which is really creepy when you stop and think about the lyrics.

 

[Orion Balls]

Non-progressives usually avoid talking about politics out of fear of being blacklisted, at least in the literary world.

I remember when The Dixie Chicks got balled for not liking Bush Jr.

 

[Angel Dust]

Who gives a fuck what Taylor Swift thinks about the United States census?

 

[Shield Breaker]

I remember when The Dixie Chicks got balled for not liking Bush Jr.

It wasn't actually that. It was shit talking him overseas. Americans have this weird idea of not shit talking each other outside of the 'family' so to speak. I don't really understand why, tho'.

 

[CivilianOfTheFandomWars]

I would honestly love to have the raw data on how many non-binary people we have here, it’d be interesting.

 

[Fagnacious D]

transgendered and non binary aren't people so they shouldn't count.

 

[Too Many Catgirls]

lol remind me again why people thought she was based?

I would also like to know this.

What ever the case may be, she must be trying to make up for some hardcore shit if she's become so outspoken on this topic.

 

[General Disarray]

So she wants more options for gender, but to ask if you are a citizen is beyond the pale.

 

[Iron Hamster]

Says the person that excludes Russell Greer from her dating pool.

 

[Pee Cola]

It's a marketing stunt. As soon as Tay Tay discovers the phrase "get woke go broke", she'll 180 quicker than the General Lee doing a handbrake turn.