Sam Smith has opened up about their non-binary journey and their style evolution. Back in 2019, the Unholy singer came out as non-binary and genderqueer during an interview with Jameela Jamil. “I’ve always had a little bit of a war going within my body and my mind.
I do think like a woman sometimes, in my head. Sometimes I’ve questioned, ‘Do I want a sex change?’ and it’s something I still think about, like: ‘Do I want to?'” they said. “But I don’t think it is.
When I saw the words’ non-binary’ and ‘genderqueer’ and I read into it, and I heard this person speaking, I was like ‘Fuck, that’s me.'” Since that fateful day, Smith has remained an open book regarding their gender identity journey.
In a recent interview with GQ UK, the 30-year-old revealed that they always identified as non-binary prior to their coming out announcement. “I think the people that have been with me romantically have always known too.