Charlotte Church is a Welsh icon, singer, and more recently a retreat owner. The Crazy Chick singer has always been held in the hearts of LGBT+ people in Wales and beyond and has said her debut work was "so camp".
In a recent interview with PinkNews Church admitted that her perceptions of trans and queer people had changed in recent years following the debate of trans rights being discussed extensively in the media. Describing herself as a huge supporter of the communities she admits that she has been on a "journey" with the topic herself.
“I’m a huge supporter of trans rights and everything that has happened in the last couple of years but I’ve also been on a journey myself with it," she said. “I’ve been taught a lot about trans voices and trans women." The singer admitted to being defensive initially over "womanhood" when the conversations around trans women grew louder but has since come out in full support for the community.
“I wasn’t sure at the beginning, and there was a defence of womanhood that I felt, but over time, and as I’ve heard more trans people speak, and as I’ve researched myself, I understand a lot more now. It’s to my benefit as a human to break down some of those preconceptions or be more porous to the world. “As soon as you are too stuck, too rooted in one idea about the world, then lots of other ideas about the world become inaccessible to you.”
The singer has recently turned to a quieter lifestyle at home in Wales and said she was recommending people "take steps" to protect themselves and their families. “We are not adapted to this modern way of living – we are not adapted to be constantly stimulated. Our nervous systems are fried because of it and we need to figure out how we stop and rest," she added.
"It’s messing loads of us up with anxiety and depression and addiction – whether that’s to phones, whether it’s to booze, you know – where we are just so overstimulated. We need to just be gentle. Allow more of that divine feminine stuff to come through, which is all about softness, opening, gentleness and slowness. That’s what the whole world needs.”
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