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Trans Actor Stars as Love Interest in Taylor Swift’s New Music Video

REPRESENTATION

The clip for “Lavender Haze” shows the pop star in a sensual new relationship.

Taylor Swift in the “Lavender Haze” video.
Taylor Swift/YouTube

Taylor Swift’s new music video for her track “Lavender Haze” finds the pop star blissfully reveling in a sensual new relationship—and it stars trans actor Laith Ashley as her love interest. The casting choice is being widely heralded as a landmark step. “At a time when trans rights are increasingly under attack, this representation is major,” reporter Ashley Spencer tweeted.

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