Poet, novelist, singer and playwright Kae Tempest has come out as gender non-binary, and announced that they are changing their name and pronouns.
Kae rose to fame with poetry collections like Everything Speaks in its Own Way and Brand New Ancients. They are also an accomplished musician, with two of their albums, Everybody Down and Let Them Eat Chaos, being nominated for the Mercury Prize in 2014 and 2017 respectively.
In a social media post, Kae explained: “Hello old fans, new fans and passers by – I’m changing my name! And I’m changing my pronouns.
From Kate to Kae. From she/her to they/them. “I’ve been struggling to accept myself as I am for a long time. I have tried to be what I thought others wanted me to be so as not to risk