Charli XCX has doubled down on her support of Sam Smith, just days after the announcement of their first song together. Ahead of the release ‘In the City’ (20 October), the pop songstress released a TikTok video defending Sam against an onslaught of online hate. They deserve all the fricken love and joy the world has to offer because they provide so much to others”. Sam’s solidarity comes in addition to multiple members of the Conservative Party ministers promoting anti-trans rhetoric at the Conservative Party Conference, held in Manchester from 1 to 4 October. During the conference Health Secretary Steve Barclay used part of his speech at the Conservative Party conference to outline his agenda to ban transgender women on cis-women’s wards in the NHS.

Source: The Times October 18, 2023 12:26 UTC