Brian May has defended himself after criticism over recent comments regarding the trans community, saying his words were “subtly twisted” by a journalist.May was criticised this week for slamming the BRIT Awards’ removal of gendered awards, and saying Queen would have had to have a transgender member to be successful now.“It’s a decision that has been made without enough thought.
A lot of things work quite well and can be left alone,” May told The Mirror at ITV’s Palooza event in London this week (November 23).Taking to Instagram today (November 28), he clarified his comments and said that he was the victim of “predatory Press hacks” who made him seem “unfriendly to trans people”.He wrote: “Yes – I was ambushed and completely stitched up by.