#lavendergate

[galindani]

she’s so weird sometimes… guess gaylor got too mainstream for her to handle that. it’s giving lavendergate so something very gay is about to happen 💋

[cursed-man-prayers]

Looking back on lavender gate, it's so interesting to look at that vs what's happening now. Because when the song title Lavender Haze dropped, gaylors had already been pointing out the queer history of the word lavender thanks to the target exclusive vinyl/cd. Gaylor talk was at an all time high, so when the song title was revealed, Taylor and her team immediately posted a plausibly deniable hetsplaination. At the Grammys afterparty, one of the gayest things I've ever seen, they threw a little leather jacket on Taylor to connect it to Joe, distracting swifities/hetlors/the general public from the fruity shit she was doing.

But now?

Silence. A post about the Fearless TV anniversary from TN. A music video being filmed. A few scraps to talk about, but nothing big enough to distract from the breakup. More and more credible sources discussing the breakup (we've gone from ET to Good Morning America, one of Taylor's most trusted sources), all of swifttok talking about it. I've noticed on Twitter that gaylor accounts are gaining a lot of followers. Yes, there's hate and harassment and typical homophobia from hetlors, but even that seems to be losing steam.

And there are no distractions. I've never heard silence quite this loud.

Sure, it's only been a couple of days, but the LavHaze reel came out minutes after the title was revealed. The leather jacket photo was posted in concurrence with all the other photos. If Taylor and her team wanted to, they could create some vague reassurance of Taylor's perception as a heterosexual, but they haven't. If, in a week, every re-recording drops, or even just one, that will have been a week for the fandom to take in the breakup news.

As I've said before, Joe Alwyn was the glass of Taylor's glass closet. The glass is gone. Taylor is performing Vigilante Shit like that while she's single. Taylor looks happier than she ever has, even on other tours, after a breakup. Taylor is opening an Eras museum in support of an LGBTQ+ advocacy group during Pride Month. And instead of a cheeky little pap walk, we got a breakup.

The glass is broken up.

The house is burned down.

[le-duo]

i don't want to copy and paste because of privacy, but on the gaylor subreddit people have been posting about asking their grandparents/relatives alive in the '50s if they know the phrase "lavender haze" and the responses have ALL been:

"no"

"sounds like a paint color"

"do you mean purple haze?"

"like... gay?"

[stateofgay]

so basically lavender haze is taylor setting the record straight that she has absolutely no intention of coming out publicly in any explicit terms whatsoever in the foreseeable future

[buddielikeme]

just found this gem. we love to see it

[galindani]

TAYLOR DELETED THE LAVENDERGATE REEL FROM HER INSTAGRAM

[stateofgay]

actually, here's the last part missing from the video in my previous post, and here's the link to the original, for anyone curious

[cursed-man-prayers]

imagine if this had been the first time we saw the lesbian sweater. imagine if lavendergate never happened. imagine what the people would be saying.