Colleagues and fans of the pro-LGBTQ star are criticizing the writer who previously questioned Harry Styles’ sexuality

The New York Times is facing backlash from Taylor Swift’s inner circle and fans who claim a recent opinion piece questioning the pop star’s sexuality is “sexist.”

Anna Marks’ article for the New York Times suggests that Taylor Swift could be hiding her sexuality from the world because of her “attraction to queer identity.”

One of Swift’s friends claimed that such an article would never be written about a male artist – although Marks had previously written a similar article questioning Harry Styles’ sexuality.

“This article was not allowed to be written about Shawn Mendes or any male artist whose sexual orientation was questioned by fans,” a source close to the situation told CNN.

The New York Times is now the target of Swifties’ wrath, as well as the singer’s personal friends. “I knew they were unhappy to say the least,” Oliver Darcy told CNN of the drama.

Fans of the star — who describes herself as a direct ally of the LGBTQ community and who is in a relationship with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce — are going so far as to boycott the New York Times over the controversial article.

‘I just canceled my subscription. “This article is sexist and completely inappropriate,” one X user said.

Another user wrote: “There is a huge mistake in the New York Times publishing this article speculating that Taylor Swift might be secretly weird – based on absolutely nothing.” “This is the kind of garbage found in a supermarket next to the National Enquirer.”

Those close to the 34-year-old Grammy winner question the ethics of publishing the article.

“Because of her massive success, at this moment there is a Taylor-shaped gap in people’s morals,” a source close to the situation told CNN.

The contents of the article were based on conjecture, and insiders wondered whether a double standard had been applied in allowing the op-ed to be published.

Despite claims that the article could not have been written about a male, Anna Marks wrote an opinion piece in 2022 of a similar nature entitled “Harry Styles Walks a Fine Line” which was also published in The New York Times.

The article discussed how Styles “used eccentricity to burnish his fame without explicitly claiming to be eccentric.”

“There seems to be no line that some journalist will not cross when writing about Taylor, no matter how offensive, untrue and inappropriate – all under the protective veil of an ‘opinion piece,’ as the person also declared about Marx.” Quick opinion piece.

The piece, titled “Look What We Made Taylor Swift Do,” written by one of the newspaper’s opinion editors, looks at lyrics from the artist’s body of work, Lover, which she thinks could be Sapphic.

“Anyone who thinks about the whole of Ms. Swift’s artistry—the way her calculated fame deftly intermingles with her soul-baring art—can find contradictions between the story that underpins her fame and that captured by her songs.” The author wrote.

Marks cited examples of her appearance, including wearing hair colors from the bisexual pride flag, or rainbow dresses.

She also alludes to so-called Easter eggs in the lyrics, which refer to being in Willow’s “glass vaults” or paying homage to lesbian artist Louie Fuller during her Reputation tour.

“In isolation, a single hairpin falling out may be meaningless or accidental, but when viewed together, they are like unrolling a ballerina’s bun after a long performance,” the editor wrote.

“These hairpins began appearing in Ms. Swift’s art long before queer identity became undeniably marketable in mainstream America.” They suggest to gay people that she is one of us.

Taylor has articulated her pro-LGBT stance as advocacy, explaining to Vogue in 2019 that, at the time, she said, “Rights are being stripped away from everyone who isn’t a straight, cisgender, white male.”

“I didn’t realize until recently that I could advocate for a community that I’m not a part of.”

In the introduction to her album 1989 (Taylor’s Version), released in October, the Out of the Woods singer, who is currently dating NFL star Travis Kelce, wrote that she surrounded herself with female friends because she was tired of speculation about her romantic relationships with men.

“If I only spend time with my girlfriends, people won’t be able to bring it up or sexualize it – right?” I would later learn that people can, people will.