Adele is being accused of transphobia after declaring at the Brits Awards - where awards have no gender - that she likes to "be a woman".

While receiving the "Artist of the Year" award, a newly created award to combine the previous "Best Artist" and "Best Artist" awards, the singer said: "I understand why the name of this one has changed. price, but I like more to be a woman and to be a female artist. "Really," she said.

"I'm really proud of us, I really am," Adele added.

Despite the support from the audience in the London hall, her comments quickly sparked online outrage. Many accuse Adele of being TERF, a term used to describe radical feminists who exclude the trans community.

"Who would have thought that Adele was a transphobe and would use her platform to call for the destruction of the trans community. "Especially confused teenagers," someone wrote on Twitter.

Others said they had "lost respect for Adele" and would "no longer spend a single cent on her music," The Times of London noted.