{"id":101791,"date":"2024-06-02T20:14:08","date_gmt":"2024-06-02T20:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/02\/taylor-swift-says-happy-pride-month-during-lyon-eras-tour-stop\/"},"modified":"2024-06-02T20:14:08","modified_gmt":"2024-06-02T20:14:08","slug":"taylor-swift-says-happy-pride-month-during-lyon-eras-tour-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/02\/taylor-swift-says-happy-pride-month-during-lyon-eras-tour-stop\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift Says &#8216;Happy Pride Month&#8217; During Lyon Eras Tour Stop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3622868\" style=\"width: 683px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:149.85714285714%;\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n Taylor Swift performs at Groupama Stadium in Lyon.<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">John Shearer\/TAS24\/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/taylor-swift\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Taylor Swift<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s \u201cYou Need to Calm Down\u201d hits different when it\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/gay-pride\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pride Month<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">During the first of two <i>Eras Tour <\/i>shows in Lyon, France on Sunday, June 2, Swift added a special holiday message during the <i>Lover <\/i>portion of her set.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cHappy Pride Month, Lyon,\u201d Swift, 34, exclaimed in between verses of \u201cYou Need to Calm Down\u201d at the Groupama Stadium.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Grammy winner dropped the <i>Lover <\/i>track in 2019, notably taking on homophobic haters. (Swift has long referred to herself as a straight ally of the LGBTQIA+ community.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cYou are somebody that we don\u2019t know \/ But you\u2019re <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/taylor-swift-takes-on-haters-in-new-single-you-need-to-calm-down\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">coming at my friends like a missile<\/a> \/ Why are you mad? \/ When you could be GLAAD?\u201d Swift sings. \u201cSunshine on the street \/ at the parade \/ But you would rather be in the dark ages \/ Making that sign, must\u2019ve taken all night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">She continues, \u201cYou just need to take several seats and then try to restore the peace \/ And control your urges to scream about all the people you hate \/ \u2018cause shade never made anybody less gay.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8| Taylor Swift wishes a Happy Pride Month to all during \u201cYou Need To Calm Down\u201d at today\u2019s show! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LyonTSTheErasTour?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#LyonTSTheErasTour<\/a> \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHappy Pride Month Lyon!\u201d <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lPpgOrSFXl\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/lPpgOrSFXl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Eras Tour (@tswifterastour) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tswifterastour\/status\/1797334785901379890?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 2, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">The music video for \u201cYou Need to Calm Down\u201d also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/taylor-swift-you-need-to-calm-down-music-video-is-celeb-filled\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">featured several queer icons<\/a> from <i>Queer Eye <\/i>hosts to a selection of beloved drag queens.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Swift made a similar Pride Month speech to Sunday\u2019s during her June 2023 <i>Eras Tour <\/i>concert in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI\u2019m looking out tonight [and] I\u2019m seeing so many incredible individuals who are living authentically and beautifully, and this is a safe space for you,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/taylor-swift-gives-pride-month-speech-at-eras-tour-in-chicago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">she gushed on the stage<\/a>. \u201cThis is a celebratory space for you. One of the things that makes me feel so prideful is getting to be with you and watching you interact with each other, being so loving and so thoughtful and so caring.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">At the time, Swift gushed that singing lines like \u201cshade never made anybody less gay\u201d is extra special during Pride Month.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cBeing with you during Pride Month, getting to sing the words to \u2018You Need To Calm Down\u2019 where there are lyrics like, \u2018Can you just not step on his gown?\u2019 or, \u2018Shade never made anybody less gay,\u2019 and you guys are screaming those lyrics [with] such solidarity [and] such support of one another,\u201d Swift said last June. \u201c[There\u2019s] such encouraging, beautiful acceptance and peace and safety. I wish that every place was safe and beautiful for people of the LGBTQ+ community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Swift has often championed the queer community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cRights are being stripped from basically everyone who isn\u2019t a straight white cisgender male,\u201d she told <i>Vogue<\/i> in an August 2019 profile. \u201cI didn\u2019t realize until recently that I could advocate for a community that I\u2019m not a part of. It\u2019s hard to know how to do that without being so fearful of making a mistake that you just freeze. Because my mistakes are very loud. When I make a mistake, it echoes through the canyons of the world. It\u2019s clickbait, and it\u2019s a part of my life story, and it\u2019s a part of my career arc.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/taylor-swift-says-happy-pride-month-during-lyon-eras-tour-stop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taylor Swift performs at Groupama Stadium in Lyon. John Shearer\/TAS24\/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management Taylor Swift\u2019s \u201cYou Need to Calm Down\u201d hits different when it\u2019s Pride Month. 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