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.
IAM marks 25 years of LGBTQI+ faith inclusion
mambaonline.comEcclesia de Lange, Director of IAM (Inclusive & Affirming Ministries) Over the past 25 years, Inclusive & Affirming Ministries (IAM) has played a major role in moving faith-based communities towards greater inclusion of the LGBTQI+ individuals in their midst. IAM has not only been preaching its message within the highest echelons of religious organisations, but has also taken its message to the community it serves with numerous programmes, initiatives and workshops. “We believe we have saved lives on this journey.
We’ve created safe spaces for queer individuals, their parents, their friends and their families who could not find room in their churches,” said IAM Director Ecclesia de Lange at a ceremony to mark the organisation’s quarter
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