Can't help noticing that Taylor is one of those popgirls that doesn't seem to have caught on big with the gays. Im sure theres a few that like her but its clear she's no Madonna or Kylie and will never be any kind of gay icon. I follow a few gay satirists on social media and they all seem to hate her.
shes not actually funny which is important to us (at least intentionally)
nor are her words organic or quick witted like the others
too try hard and forced
She doesn't actively try to cater/appeal to gay audiences like Madonna, Kylie, Gaga, Britney etc have.
I'm not trying to drag or shade Taylor in anyway, but her music is quite safe. I actually mean this as a compliment towards Taylor in that she has created her own niche in music where she has mass appeal without being too controversial. I have a lot of respect for Taylor for managing to maintain that appeal, not a lot of artists have done it as successfully as Taylor.
In saying that, Taylor doesn't actively try to break down boundaries in terms of identity, gender, expected behaviour etc like Madonna and Gaga have. I think a lot of people who are gay, lesbian, transgender etc look up to artists who don't conform to society's norms because they themselves don't.
Furthermore, I know Taylor has supported gay rights in the past, but she hasn't actively publicaly supported to them to the same extent as Madonna or Gaga. I think if Taylor were to take more risks and was more active oin her support for lgbt rights she'd probably become a gay icon.
I do think she still has a lot of fans who are lgbt though - her fanbase is massive.
Taylor isn't 'gay' - as in she isn't "weird" or "fierce." Taylor is a pumpkin spice latte at Starbucks ordered by a girl in a pink North Face jacket and jeggings, however that doesn't mean she can't connect with a gay audience. She's a female pop artist, of course she has gay fans! She doesn't have this Queen like sensibility in the way that Beyonce does, and she's not weird like Gaga....Taylor doesn't have shameless gay guilty pleasure songs like Britney eiither...but I am sure she has a decent gay following for the fact that she is a pop artist by the end of the day.