Taylor Swift celebrates Pride Month with a heartfelt speech: “This is a safe space for you”
Taylor Swift delivered a heartfelt speech for her LGBTQ+ fans in honour of Pride Month. Over the last months, music enthusiasts across the US have flocked to their local stadiums to witness the Grammy winner perform on her extravagant The Eras tour – which highlights each of her iconic albums.
Since kicking off the critically acclaimed spectacle in March, Swift has used her three-hour show to deliver showstopping choreography, incredible visuals and heartwarming messages to her expansive fanbase.
During her recent stop in Chicago, Swift celebrated the start of Pride Month by honouring her “brilliant” LGBTQ+ fans. “They are loving who they want to love, they are identifying how they identify, and allies who get to support them in and celebrate them in that,” she exclaimed on Friday (2 June). “This is a safe space for you.
This is a celebratory space for you. And one of the things that makes me feel so prideful is getting to be with you, and watching you interact with each other, and being so loving, and so thoughtful, and so caring.” Towards the end of her speech, Swift slammed the spike in anti-LGBTQ+ legislation and rhetoric before encouraging attendees to use their voices and vote. “There have been so many harmful pieces of legislation that have put people in the LGBTQ and queer community at risk.
