New York Times faces growing outrage over op-ed suggesting Taylor Swift is GAY

The New York Times is facing backlash from Taylor Swift's inner circle and fans who claim their recent opinion piece questioning the popstar's sexuality is 'sexist'.

Anna Marks's essay for The New York Times suggests that Taylor Swift could be hiding her sexuality from the world because of her 'affinity for queer identity.'

One of Swift's friends claimed that such an article would never be written about a male artist - although Marks previously wrote a similar article questioning Harry Styles's sexuality.