Nylander was then joined by Sadiq Khan to discuss how Covid has shone a light on society’s most galling issues. This included how systemic racism and a lack of faith in institutional power has infected minority communities with vaccine hesitancy, and how young people have been pummelled by online misinformation and conspiracy.
Speaking on the vaccine cover, Khan said: “It’s addressing the elephant in the room, because for us to live our lives with this deadly virus amongst us, we need to take the vaccine.”
He added: “The vaccine is a game changer, a life saver. The pandemic has exposed and exacerbated the inequalities in our society. It’s young people who have suffered the most in the pandemic in relation to university deferments, losing jobs, not being able to do the things we normally do.”
The song, which features lines like, ”
Fragile masculinity won’t get you very far / Throughout all of history it’s left too many scars ,” arrives two months after a Bimini mural in their hometown of Norwich painted by a trans activist was sadly vandalised.
Speaking to
Gay Times, Bimini said the single felt ”therapeutic. It’s putting my fingers back up to the people that made me feel like shit.”
In the video, directed by Kassandra Powell, Bimini dances in drag surrounded by construction workers, straddles a motorbike naked from the waist down, and shows off one of their coveted