Huffpost Queer Voices – Spoken Edition

As an openly gay male artist in mainstream pop, Sam Smith is aware that he’s still very much an anomaly. The 25-year-old singer-songwriter appears to be having more fun exploring his sexuality through his music on his new album, “The Thrill of It All,” due out Friday. But in a new interview with the Herald Sun, Smith opened up about the challenges that come with “speaking for a community” and, as such, “constantly trying to say the right thing.