Taylor Swift Urges Fans to Write Senators About Equality Act

Taylor Swift is showing her support for the Equality Act in honor of Pride Month!

The 29-year-old entertainer took to her Instagram to post a letter she wrote to her local Tennessee senator, asking him to vote for the act, which would protect LGBTQ people from discrimination in their places of work, homes, schools, and other public accommodations.

“HAPPY PRIDE MONTH!!!🌈 While we have so much to celebrate, we also have a great distance to go before everyone in this country is truly treated equally. In excellent recent news, the House has passed the Equality Act…The next step is that the bill will go before the Senate. I’ve decided to kick off Pride Month by writing a letter to one of my senators to explain how strongly I feel that the Equality Act should be passed. I urge you to write to your senators too,” Taylor wrote alongside her letter.

She continued, “Our country’s lack of protection for its own citizens ensures that LGBTQ people must live in fear that their lives could be turned upside down by an employer or landlord who is homophobic or transphobic. The fact that, legally, some people are completely at the mercy of the hatred and bigotry of others is disgusting and unacceptable.”

In addition to asking fans to write letters, Taylor also created a Change.org petition to urge the Senate to support the Equality Act as a whole.

To top things off, Taylor also made a generous donation to GLAAD.

To sign the petition asking for Senate support of the Equality Act, visit Change.org.

Read Taylor‘s entire letter to her senator…