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Sam Smith Applies To Be The Gay Community\u2019s Official Spokesperson<\/b><\/p>\n

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\"ss\"<\/a>I want to be a spokesperson. I want to be a figure in the gay<\/a> community, who speaks for gay<\/a> men<\/a>. I sell records in countries where gay<\/a> men<\/a> get killed and that’s a big thing for me, because maybe one person in that country will pick up my album, realize it’s by a gay<\/a> artist, and it might change their opinion…<\/p>\n

I’m a gay<\/a> man<\/a> who came out when I was 10 years old, and there’s nothing in my life that I’m prouder of…. I didn’t want the album to appeal to just one community, I wanted it to appeal to all of them. I wanted anyone, gay<\/a> or straight, to be able to relate to me singing about men<\/a>, like I was able to relate to Stevie Wonder or John Legend singing about girls<\/a>.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

— Singer Sam Smith<\/a>, who in 2014 stated that he “wasn’t trying to be a spokesperson” for the gay<\/a> community, has consciously revised his stance in a new interview with<\/em> NME<\/a><\/p>\n

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Jeremy Kinser<\/p>\n

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