Taylor Swift has helped mark the beginning of Pride month with a touching speech at her sold-out stadium concert in Chicago.
The 28-year-old singer dedicated her song "Delicate" to her LGBTIQ+ fans, saying they were "brave".
“It’s very brave to be vulnerable about your feelings in any situation, but it’s even more brave to be honest about your feelings and who you love when you know that it might be met with adversity from society," Swift said to cheers.
She continued: “This month and every month I want to send my love and respect to everybody who has been brave enough to be honest about how they feel, to live their lives as they are, as they feel they should be, as they identify."
“This is a month where I think we need to celebrate how far we’ve come, but I think we also need to acknowledge how far we have left to go."
She added: "I want to send my love and respect to everybody who hasn’t felt comfortable enough to come out yet ... and may you do that on your own time and may we end up in a world where everyone can live and love equally and no one has to be afraid to all say how they feel."
“When it comes to feelings and when it comes to love and searching for someone to spend your whole life with ... it’s all just really, really delicate."
