am Smith is an English singer/songwriter who rose to prominence in 2012 - Smith
has had a successful career & won multiple Global awards including 4 Grammys
for the song "Stay with me". The singer lists Adele and Amy Winehouse as their
main influences as well as Chaka Khan and Beyonce. In 2014 Smith came out publicly as gay
amid speculation about their sexuality. A few years later in 2017 Smith described themself as
being "Gender fluid" and in 2019 after describing "a lifetime's struggle of being at war with
their gender and never feeling able to fit in", Sam came out as non-binary and changed their
pronouns from he/him to they/them. In an interview with Apple Music, according to Smith,
it is going to take a "long, long time" for people to stop using gender in their vocabulary but
explained that it "needs to happen". "This is all about feeling safe and it makes me feel
happy and it makes me feel comfortable, and if I get to live a life where I'm a little bit more
comfortable and happier, then I think it's worth it," the singer said.
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