Taylor Swift Pens Letterbr in Support of LGBTQ Equality Swift recently wrote to Tennessee’sbr Republican Senator, Lamar Alexander, inbr support of LGBTQ rights and gender equality. The Tennessee-based pop star posted thebr letter to her social media accounts on June 1. In it, Swift urged Senator Lamar tobr support the Equality Act, as the billbr is currently under review in the Senate. Taylor Swift,br via statement The legislation was passed in May 2019br by the House, but is expected to face challengesbr in the Republican-controlled Senate. The Equality Act would see the extensionbr of civil rights protection to include sexualbr orientation and gender identity. Those protections would apply to variousbr aspects of life such as employment,br loan applications and housing.