It's 'so upsetting': Taylor Swift calls out 2020 census for 'brutal' transgender erasure

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'I got my census the other day and there were two choices for gender: there was male and female.'

participated in Pride Live's Stonewall Day virtual event, commemorating the 51st anniversary of the Stonewall riots that helped ignite the modern gay rights movement.

"Stonewall Inn has been such a symbol of rebellion in the face of oppression, and such a safe place for people," said Swift, who last summer played a surprise performance at the historic New York gay bar with her friend,"Modern Family" actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson. She then commended last week's Supreme Court ruling protecting LGBTQ people from workplace discrimination, calling it a"really good step forward." But the Grammy winner believes"we still have so far to go."Taylor Swift vows 'We will vote you out' after Trump tweets about shooting Minneapolis looters

"The Equality Act has still not been passed and that needs to happen," Swift said."I got my census the other day and there were two choices for gender: there was male and female. And that erasure was so upsetting, the erasure of transgender and nonbinary people. "When you don't collect information on a group of people, that means you have every excuse in the world not to support them. When you don't collect data on a community, that's a really, really brutal way of dismissing them. Obviously we all need to exercise our right to vote this year and check our absentee ballot policy in our states, and we need to make sure we elect people who care about all communities.

 

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You are only born with one gender. That’s the question asked. Don’t dig for offenses. There are plenty of real ones out there.

That's because it's true, there is man, and woman, that's it. Only two genders

This just in!! Overly pampered Hollywood elite upset that there are so not two genders! Note taylorswift13 - nobody cares what you think! Go write some more crappy songs! You aren’t important!

So which one did she choose?🤔

That’s correct, honey. God only made two genders. Man made all the other junk.

God made man and woman!

mrogers_VCS if you having trouble to know what you are. Look at your birth certificate and you will see what you are. The way you want to leave your life is up to you.

Pretty sure your born a male or a female, having 3 OB nurses in the family they said there is not a check box for transgender baby.

Well, that’s the only two options you need.

Guess what that’s all they are

It’s science. global warming is science and so is biology. You can want/pretend to be anything you want (and I am totally supportive of that!) but what you are born with determines your anatomy

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Maybe that’s because there are only males and females. You can call yourself what you want but these are the facts.

She is brain dead anyway, so.......

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Do you have a penis or not? Its pretty simple. I don't care what you want to be. What you want to be called. What you want to dress as. Just boils down to dick or vag. Simple as that. cancelSwift

Cash app $AccessYNot thanks in advance $AccessYNot

O boy 🙃

News flash there’s only two genders.

Were you hatched 🐣?

Hey Taylor, these are the only two choices!!

🙈 let me check my pants

Umm, that’s because their are only two choices, even if you are transgender. Just wants to show and publicly say something political.

What's the problem. Your Male or female. It's being discriminate

Even trans people choose, they just choose to change...

Most of us have lost our 'census' maybe we will get it back my November 2020 so we definitely won't make the same mistake ever again! 🙏❤️🛐

What else did she want listed? Male, Female, Unsure ?

Ignore what you don't agree with.

This is why I got rid of the USAToday app

Love Her...🎤

This is satire, right?

Oh gee.

That’s because there are 2 genders

Wow headlines the socially correct has spoken. There r only 2 sexes. What you want to run thru your mind is obviously your business don’t just expect most to follow

gotta keep the channel open to receive $ from the transgender community...in some circles you’d be considered a whore, Taylor.

She is so funny! You are either male or female! If you have an identity issue that’s your problem.

That must have been devastating for you, Tay-Tay. 😞

“The other day” 🙄

Oh come on!!!!

Phrase it as genetic make-up, and have a separate question for personal choice. DNA is important for many medical reasons which is part of the information gathered for the census. Hospitals and emergency services use it.

Last time I checked there were only 2 genders. Even if you are considered to be a transgender, you either identify as male or female. SMH! What is exactly wrong with you?

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taylorswift13 It's unfortunate that you don't get to see or hear the mistakes you make when you write a song especially the lyrics wow they just don't line up with the melody and they should be changed I can't stand it, it's terrible or are you perfect and God makes mistakes?

What other gender did God make?

Millions of people just like her, they condescend any normal rational thought that a normal person would have. Could you imagine her as a mother and how her child would be so out of touch as it grows up where you wouldn't be able to even have a normal conversation.

Why is she starting more trouble with this petty shit

That's the way it should be, people are born either male or female, persons are who they are born as, not who they want to be.

Biology denier!

Translation .she hasnt had any attention or made a shitty song in a while .

Science

Taylor is so ignorant

That's what EXIST. Either your a man or a woman. If your born with a di*K between your legs, then you a man.

Let’s work on removing Trump and we can worry about the census next time. Nothing will change..NOTHING will change if we don’t vote this joke out of office. If anything, things will get demonstratively worse.

da, miss blond. you can check both male and female or none for transgender.

Yup, that's correct. 2 Genders , male, female, have a good night

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What other options should there be? (I’m uninformed and asking to better understand so please don’t hate on me)

Let's blame Trump for her stupidity 🤯

Because there are only two genders.

MMStewartNews She is nuts

Someone needs to shut Taylor Swift up. The form needs to be changed to reflect modern gender roles, but it's hardly that upsetting to see existing forms slow to change. worryaboutsomethingmoreimportant

My suggestion is to replace the question with one that has a YES or NO answer: 'Do you have a dick?'. It's a simple factual enquiry with no moral judgement of a person's identity while still providing statisticians with the data they need

Yeah that's how the world works.

The Census collects data on your relationship status and marital history for the benefit of statics and future Federal funding. Your gender identity should be similarly considered. WakeUpAmerica Census2020

That’s a singer machine in 21 century ...😂😂😂

Census is the least of her worries. She will stand before a God much bigger than she thinks she is.

Her argument is illogical. If one is a transgender then either you believe you're a male or female, right?

Huh

Because “science”. Isn’t that what the liberals say?

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They seriously need to pipe Xanax into the water supply in Beverly Hills/Hollywood

Because science has yet to discover a 3rd gender in world history. Hmmmm I wonder if that's why? You nuts claim to believe in science, right? smh

Lol

Wh the HELL is advising her?!? 😠😤

What other choice is there besides male and female?

dumb

She transgendered as a child. Was born a man.

As there should be

Hmm, maybe because there are two genders

Wait. I'm confused. What about all the 'trans women are woman' bs that men were screaming at jk_rowling ? Make up your mind!!!!

Unreal. Stop trying to be one of the cool kids to make money.

Ya know, honestly my first thought was so what. My second was why is it even a question. Or better “it’s none of your business”. 60, old fat white guy, thinks maybe he’s growing a bit. Kinda like that about myself.

It's Science, keep up.

I know!!! It is so upsetting I keep looking for alien from Vulcan and my grandparents are from tattooine... they keep excluding that option.... lifeishard

Cause there are only two genders

Correct statement.

Sorry Taylor but that’s the truth of life!

that all there is. Transgenders are either/ or

Actually, it isn’t an erasure. A person that transitions is still either one or the other. You are transitioning from one to another. If you are doing it by how you identify, you are one or the other.

Go back to lip-syncing your shitty pop songs T

Thank you Taylor Swift! I'm a grandmother, but I'm now a total FAN of Taylor's.

Only 2 choices what am I missing

If that's true Ms Swift why do you write titles such as 'Two Is Better Than One by Boys Like Girls (2009)'

Skittles Fall from the sky’s in celebrities worlds. NoSenseWhatRealityIs

Science is only convienent when it fits your agenda. GlobalWarming covid malefemale

Tell me, what are athletes suppose to put on the application when they want to compete in women's sports? 'Girls deserve to compete on a level playing field,' said Christiana Holcomb, legal counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom. They can't have it both ways.

There are only two genders. Anything else is called a mental disorder.

yr goddamn right it's upsetting. nintendo are sold out of a 'console' you can't even play on your t.v.

is this girl stupid ?

Celebrity opinions

Is she serious

Because news flash that's it

It's so upsetting? If that qualifies as upsetting then you live an absolutely insulated life.

That's all there is. Male and female.

Awww she experience reality, it can be shocking these days ha Taylor?

Its great that she is using her platform to point out the disgrace that is republicanism

Well done, Taylor. Great catch

Has TS been body snatched by a gay man? The government tracks your sex, not how you feel about it.

The question should be changed to leftist idiot or normal American.

Because there are ONLY 2 genders, male & female. Wannabe is not a gender.

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That’s because God only made two.

اما دوست داره در امور داخلی تمام کشورها دخالت کنه و سرک بکشه...ترامپ تاریخ ننگین کشور امریکاست...کشور همیشه نژادپرست و تروریست...

I uncompleted mine. Gave them the number of occupants and names. The rest...they already have ALL the pertinent information. If they want it in the census, they'll have to work with the other taxpayer funded agencies and gather it for themselves. We pay them, they work for us!

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taylorswift13 this may be the dumbest thing I have ever seen

WhiteHouse:کشوری که حامی حقوق بشر هستش و حتی به مردم خودش رحم نمیکنه و باعث جنایت و حملات تروریستی حتی به کشور خودش میشه و باعث حملات تروریستی یازده سپتامبر میشه با کمک اسراییل و عربستان...کشوری که به کودکان و مردمان خودش چه سفید و سیاه رحم نمیکنه...

And?

Oh shut up

She needs a box for worthless skag

What other options did she want? Someone who doesn't identify with either male or female can just leave it blank.

There should be at least a third option, but this isn’t a “brutal erasure;” to my knowledge, this is just how the census has always been written (was “nonbinary” even a recognized thing 10 years ago?). Plus, wouldn’t a Trans man just choose “male” and a woman “female”?

Dems who go thru pain saking efforts to preach science on climate change actually don’t believe the XX, XY science.

What is Not Male and Female? Is electricity not the same, positive and negative, in a magnet, polarity? Same thing.. The One Compliments the Other. You can't have light with just a positive wire? Nor just a negative wire? In Essence every Atom Is Both Positive and Negative.Simple

Dear everyone, 99% of celebrities are total idiots.

You are either born male or female or a man pretending to be female or a female pretending to be male. Still only male or female at the end of the day...

Umm. If you're transgender you can still select the gender you identify with.

The things celebrities get pissed about

Lmao

Maybe with her calling it out the census will go away for a decade or so

Wow... expensive psychotherapy is in order here. Grow up.

That’s the way god made us

That's because according to science there are only two genders. Welcome to reality.

Good lord people. Just mark one and shut up.

Check both!

There should be: Male ✔️ Female✔️ Prefer not to answer ✔️

The party of Science “fiction “

Stupid was not a choice?

Taylor should be outraged that the census asks those sorts of questions in the first place.

The basis for two genders is inarguable science. This can be proven, empirically, via a blood test.

That's the only two there are.

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