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Taylor Swift...bringing lesbians together across oceans since at least 2010. And they say she's local.
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“I'm so happy I found your videos,”*a girl posts on their Facebook fan page. *I'm really struggling right now, but you two make it all better for me. ** Another Tweets**Every time I turn my laptop on I see the people who practically saved my life,” with an attached photo of Kaelyn and Lucy as her desktop background. Fan messages reach a crescendo around when the couple are scheduled to visit each other.*“Weeeeeeeeh!!!!! sooooooow HAPPY FOR KAELYN AND LUCY! March 9, 2013 here we go!!!”*“I'M SO EXCITED FOR YOU TWO SEEING EACH OTHER AGAIN.” And, on Kaelyn’s travel day: “Hi Lucy, if you get the chance can you just let us know when Kae is in the air.”
The two were kind enough to take the time to Skype with me during Kaelyn’s most recent visit to England.*
Hello Kaelyn and Lucy! I’m really awkward over Skype, so I apologize in advance.
Kaelyn:*So are we!
Lucy:*We’re quite shy, weirdly. We come across as quite confident in our videos, but we can be very shy.
I know you two met on Tumblr, but can you tell me a little bit more? I hear there was a Taylor Swift blog involved…
L:*There was. There’s always a Taylor Swift blog involved! Kaelyn ran a Taylor Swift blog on Tumblr, and I followed it because I love Taylor Swift … I didn’t really have any idea who Kaelyn was or where she came from. I remember she posted something about being gay and finally coming to terms with who she was and accepting herself. And I was like, oh wow, I didn’t know this girl was gay, you know what, it won’t hurt to message her.
I was 17 at the time, and I was just kind of coming to terms with it myself and I hadn’t really considered myself as a gay person — it was all kind of the denial stage, if that makes sense. So I was like, there’s nothing to lose, I’ll email her and just say congratulations, I envy your position, and I wish you the best. She replied within two hours, and I was like…oh, okay.
K:*That was the beginning.
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