Kae Tempest says trans people are ‘obsessed over by people void of humanity’
The IndependentSign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. And this is a first step towards knowing and respecting myself better.” In a new interview with The Guardian, Tempest said coming out was a “beautiful but difficult thing to do publicly”, adding: “It’s hard enough to say: ‘Hey look, I’m trans or non-binary,’ to loved ones. These bodies we’ve spent lifetimes living in.” Tempest continued: “I don’t want to say the wrong thing for my people. So in this rare moment there’s a trans person talking about trans things, I don’t want to f*** up or waste the opportunity.” Tempest talked about how, until they hit puberty, they “lived as a boy”. They said: “People around me would say, ‘You’re a tomboy, you’ll grow out of it.’ I internalised that, and hoped I would… Puberty was disorientating.
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