Hozier has long been a fierce and vocal defender of the LGBTQ+ community, and has a message anyone targeting trans people 👏👇
multiple times, from calling for trans rights on Twitter to aiming a brutal put-down to Graham Linehan, the Wicklow native has now called the attack on trans people ‘grimly predictable’ – and has a message for anyone taking part in it.ahead of the release of new album Unreal Unearth, the acclaimed lyricist described the wave of transphobia as a distraction from the serious issues affecting the world.
‘At a time where there are already huge, huge questions to be asked about how our society is functioning and what we want out of an economy that really isn’t working for everyday folks … there are media companies who love picking soft targets, and rather than having conversations about the actual, serious, difficult questions of our time and our collective predicament, will just take less than one percent of the population and decide the most pressing thing is to talk about them in an...
‘If you believe in a free and open society, part of that is respecting and supporting your fellow citizens’ rights to be who they are.
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