Kate Nash announced as secret special guest at this year's Trans Pride Brighton
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Acclaimed British singer-songwriter Kate Nash is set to perform today at Trans Pride Brighton at Victoria Gardens, bringing both her musical talent and her outspoken activism to one of the UK’s most significant celebrations of trans lives.
Nash has become an increasingly vocal ally of the trans community in recent years. Her latest pro-trans single, GERM, has been embraced as a powerful anthem of resistance and affirmation, and is expected to feature in her set this evening.
GERM, released in May 2025, is a bold and unapologetic protest anthem that takes direct aim at transphobia and exclusionary feminism. With its punchy pop-punk sound and spoken-word verses, the track opens with the line: “I feel no threat from any trans person who might be in the toilets” - a clear rebuke to the fearmongering rhetoric often used to marginalise trans people.
Throughout GERM, Nash dismantles the myth that trans women pose a danger to cis women, citing real statistics to highlight that the true threat comes overwhelmingly from cis men. She calls out those who use feminism to exclude and harm, labelling such behaviour as both transphobic and misogynistic.
Nash has described the track as a response to the UK Supreme Court’s ruling on the definition of “woman” under the Equality Act, and a way to ensure her voice is part of the historical record in defence of her trans friends.
Trans Pride Brighton, now in its twelfth year, is the largest Trans Pride event outside the United States and continues to grow in both size and political impact. This year’s event has taken a bold stance by banning local Labour MPs over their support for the controversial Cass Report and their silence on trans healthcare issues.
Nash’s appearance is seen as a highlight of the day’s events, which include a protest march, speeches, a trans makers’ market, and an afterparty at North Laine Brewhouse. Her presence underscores the event’s theme of solidarity and resistance in the face of increasing political hostility.
Trans Pride Brighton said: "For the time in our history we have a cisgender-led act on our stage. Our community at times literally begs for cis allies to make a stand for us and when they do, especially as spectacularly as Kate Nash has, the Trans Pride Brighton team is in agreement that we need to give these allies a platform."
