Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
Health, education, and child welfare organizations denounce anti-LGBTQ legislation
metroweekly.comSource: Ted Eytan – Flickr Several health, education, and child welfare organizations have released an open letter denouncing efforts by lawmakers in various states to push through bills targeting LGBTQ people, and transgender children in particular, for discrimination.
The organizations, which together represent more than 7 million youth-serving professionals and more than 1,000 child welfare organizations, voiced their opposition to nearly 70 different bills introduced in several state legislatures this year.
Examples of the bills that have been introduced include measures barring transgender student-athletes from competing in sports that match their gender identity, denying transgender youth access to gender-affirming health care, or
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