Sophie Ellis-Bextor has registered her dismay at what she perceives to be rising levels of transphobia.

The Murder on the Dancefloor singer was speaking in an interview with The Independent about the issue, and how widespread she feels it has become on social media.

"These people make trans people their whole personality and spend their entire day checking their socials and being angry, whereas trans people themselves just want to be under the radar and live their lives," she opined.

"There was a time when Pride felt like a celebration of all the shoulders that people were able to stand on, but now it feels like it's an absolute political necessity. I suppose you have to be optimistic that things will get better again, but I do get very down about it."

The pop star also said her way of dealing with it was by "turning down the volume" on people with homophobic and transphobic views, and amplifying the voices of others.

She added: "I had one of my girlfriends go on quite a weird flip, and it was really affecting me. And you definitely do need to assert that you feel really differently, and then just find ways to support what you believe is being on the right side of history."