Edited for clarification.

She is not an ally. I wish she was. I think her songs are very relatable as a queer bi person. However, until it’s obvious that she’s more sincerely allied with us, I think she needs to be held accountable for her allowance of rampant homophobia in her fan base and appropriation of queer imagery for profit.

Until further notice, I think, she should be treated as if she’s not an ally and she’s ok with appropriating queer culture, because that is the messaging she is clearly on with portraying to the public. Taylor has gotten away with a lot of queer cultural appropriation. I think her behavior is wildly inappropriate. It’s sad because if she just stuck to her word and was actually an ally or just chose to not even try, then she wouldn’t be in this mess. But she chose this. She doesn’t care what harm it does to our community, because she doesn’t want to admit to being a part of the community. I don’t think we should continue to venerate someone who isn’t proud of their queerness. That’s not what our community stands for or what we’ve fought for. At this point, for me, all the evidence of her wlw behavior doesn’t matter if she’s going to behave like this in the public eye. The wlw community has enough things to struggle with, much less claiming a celebrity that’s had plenty of time to come out and be proud with us. Even if she surrounds herself with the lgbt community, her silence is shameful.