Sam Smith Got Punched For Dressing Feminine
Sam Smith came out as non-binary this year and has officially changed their pronouns to they/them. The artist has embraced their feminine side and expressed it through their style choices, but unfortunately they had been the victim of hate crime while growing up.
“I used to wear lots of makeup and female clothing, and I got punched by this man, and ever since that happened, I started to dress down,” they explained. “When I started to dress down, that’s when my music career started to lift off, but I made a decision in that moment that I felt more comfortable and safer pushing myself to that male side, and it helped,” the artist said according to ‘Pop Crush’.
“In changing my pronouns, I felt incredible freedom. It’s like a brick was lifted off my chest, and with that freedom comes another kind of pain,” Smith said. “Feeling this free in our skin is answered with abuse. And that’s really hard.
“I feel happier and more comfortable within myself when I’m wearing more feminine clothes, which I’m experimenting with more and more,” they said. “I thought living a life playing pretend would be less painful than being authentic. But I’d rather be myself, even if it means being abused for it. I’d rather get all this s--t for being myself than lie to myself. That’s not a way to live.”
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