Sam Smith Opens Up About Fighting Transphobia: ‘Exhausting Hate’

Sam Smith opened up about transphobia in the UK. In an interview with Zane Lowe for Apple Music (via NME), artist highlighted the positive side since he revealed to identify as a non-binary person, but vented about violence.

“We have two sides: my personal life and my public life. Personally, there are no negative points. My family can communicate with me, they always have, but now in an even better way. My love life has improved – I feel lovable, comfortable on my skin. I wear whatever I want to wear,” he explained.

childhood of Smith it would be different if he had understood his own identification before, he believes: “I wish I knew the words while I was at school, because I would have identified myself this way [pessoa não-binária] at school, because that’s who I am and always have been.”

“I think the only pain points and struggles I faced were in my public life and at work. The amount of hate and shit that came my way, it was just exhausting. It was really hard,” he added. sam.

Spotify announces GLOW

THE Spotify a global program to celebrate the role of the LGBTQIAP+ community in culture and music. Seeking to highlight “historically marginalized voices,” the project fights for equity in the audio industry.

Eleven artists were invited to launch the initiative. Between them, Pablo Vittar and linkerwhich join Sam Smith, tove lo, Villano Antillano, Joesef, arlo parks, bruses, Natalia Lacunza, Jean Seizure and Leland. The proposals of GLOW include creating a hub on Spotify featuring LGBTQIAP+ voices suitable for queer users. Also, there is the global playlist GLOWwhich will be updated monthly with releases from artists in the community.