Taylor Swift Wins Video of the Year, Uses Speech to Promote Equality Act Petition

Taylor Swift accepts an award alongside her friend and collaborator Todrick Hall on stage at the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards on Monday (August 26) at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.

The 29-year-old singer was joined by the cast of her “You Need to Calm Down” music video to accept the awards for Video of the Year and Video for Good.

Joining Taylor and Todrick were Dexter Mayfield, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Justin Mikita, Hayley Kiyoko, Jonathan Van Ness, Hannah Hart, Jade Jolie, Hannah Hart, Trinity The Tuck, Trinity K Bonet, Akeria C Davenport, Tatianna, Riley Knoxx, and co-director Drew Kirsch.

Taylor used the speech for Video of the Year to promote her petition to support the Equality Act, which has over 500,000 signatures. She pointed out that this is five times the amount of signatures needed for a response from the White House!

FYI: Hayley is wearing an Atsuko Kudo outfit, Giuseppe Zanotti shoes and jewelry by Luisa Alexander and Gabriel & Co. Jewelry.