Singer Sam Smith has revealed the amount of abuse they've had to put up with since changing their pronouns.
The 30-year-old singer, who announced they were non-binary back in 2019 and asked people to use they/them pronouns, admitted the negative reaction in public has been the ‘hardest part’ of their experience.
Speaking to Apple Music 1, they said: ‘What people don’t realise with trans non-binary people in the UK is it’s happening in the street. Like, I’m being abused in the street verbally more than I ever have.’And Sam noted they are concerned for queer people who aren’t celebrities but have to deal with similar levels of abuse.Sam’s personal life has improved
Sam noted that they communicate ‘even better’ now with their family, and changing their pronouns has felt ‘like a coming home’ with their own love life has also benefited because they feel ‘lovable’ and ‘comfortable’ in their own skin. However, despite the support of their family it has been hard to deal with the negative reaction online and in public, describing it as ‘exhausting’.
‘Just the amount of hate and s***ness that came my way was just exhausting,’ they explained, noting it’s ‘really hard’ – particularly when they aren’t deliberately looking for stories or any backlash.
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