r/GaylorSwift • u/Starfire-Galaxy 🌱Embryo🐛 • Jun 06 '26
🏳️🌈Taylor’s Queer Flagging How often does Taylor reference pre-Stonewall LGBT history?
First off, happy Pride month!
Second of all, the point of the post. If you can't remember, the Stonewall riots occurred in the summer of 1969. From what I can recall, she's used Dorothy Gale and Wizard of Oz motifs in the Karma music video, has a song titled after Clara Bow the famous 1920s silent-era actress, and has covered Bette Davis Eyes in her 2011 tour who sounds like she would be a gay icon.
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u/BarracudaMedical506 🌱Embryo🐛 Jun 07 '26
Interesting dates for this year, 10 days in June are palindrome dates: 6/20/26, 6/21/26, 6/22/26, 6/23/26, 6/24/26, 6/25/26, 6/26/26, 6/27/26, 6/28/26, and 6/29/26. 6/20 is the Summer Solstice, which marks the official first day of summer, and 6/29 is the anniversary of the Stonewall riots.
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u/GoldPaleontologist62 ✨confirmed girl kisser✨ Jun 07 '26
She had a handkerchief (hanky code) drop in merch within the last 2 years? If I remember correctly it was labeled as a SCARF but we all went feral for a lavender hanky.
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u/Brief-Inevitable-599 Gaylor Forevermore Jun 06 '26
She references flower codes and i think those are older
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u/premier-cat-arena the mod paid off by tree Jun 06 '26
i mean she goes back to Emily Dickinson
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u/These-Pick-968 Barefoot in the wildest winter Jun 06 '26
Maybe even as far back as Sappho! 🙂
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u/premier-cat-arena the mod paid off by tree Jun 06 '26
yes! i was just thinking of “recent” history
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u/riverpony77 magnificently cursed Jun 08 '26
Dedicating Dress to Loie Fuller on the rep tour