As a black woman who has been open about being gay since her band, Skunk Anansie, first emerged in 1994, Skin has fought more battles than most when it comes to race, gender and sexual politics. “My sexuality is right in the middle of everything that I do, so is my blackness and my femaleness. You can’t really separate them off. That’s intersectionality right there,” says the South London-born singer who joins our Life Is Proud campaign in celebration of Pride Month. “I remember a journalist asking me: ‘What’s more important to you? Being black, being gay or being female?’ That’s an impossible question because I’m all of those things, all of the time. It’s not like one arm is gay and the other isn’t!” she continues. “I have to say that I’ve also always writ...
