Taylor Swift knows that whenever she has a chance to speak in front of America, she should use her platform for good.
The 29-year-old singer decided to promote the Equality Act while accepting an award at the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards on Monday (August 26) at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.
Taylor was joined by the cast of her “You Need to Calm Down” music video to accept the awards for Video of the Year and Video for Good.
Joining Taylor and co-executive producer Todrick Hall were Dexter Mayfield, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Justin Mikita, Hayley Kiyoko, Jonathan Van Ness, Hannah Hart, Jade Jolie, Hannah Hart, Trinity The Tuck, Trinity K Bonet, Akeria C Davenport, Tatianna, Riley Knoxx, and co-director Drew Kirsch.
Taylor used the speech for Video of the Year to promote her petition to support the Equality Act, which has over 500,000 signatures. She pointed out that this is five times the amount of signatures needed for a response from the White House!
