Kate Tempest has announced that they have changed their name to Kae Tempest and declared themself as gender neutral.Sharing the news on Facebook, the spoken word artist said that they have been “struggling to accept” themself for a long time, and that these changes are “a first step towards knowing and respecting myself better.”“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,” they began their post. “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 rejection. This hiding from myself has led to all kinds of difficulties in my life.
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