Pop star Demi Lovato identifies as non-binary
LONDON (Reuters) – American pop star Demi Lovato has identified them as non-binary, according to a tweet on Wednesday and they will use pronouns from now on.
The 28-year-old said on Twitter that the decision came after “considerable treatment and self-reflective work”.
“Today is a day when I am very happy to share more of my life with all of you – I am proud to tell you that I identify as non-binary and officially use my pronouns. To move forward, ”Lovato said.
“I’m still learning and coming into my own, and I don’t claim to be an expert or spokesperson. Sharing this with you now has opened up another level of vulnerability for me. I am doing this for those people. For those who have not been able to share who they really are with their loved ones. Please live in your truth. “
The former Disney Channel child star, the “Sorry Not Sorry” singer, also announced the decision in a video launching a new podcast, “4D with Demi Lovato”, starting Wednesday.
(Reporting by Marie-Louise Gurmukhi; Editing by Kevin Lifey)
Demi Lovato comes out as no binary and will use they/them pronouns
The pop singer shared the news on his new podcast and said that his 2018 overdose was caused by “his (her) ignorance of the truth”.
Lovato said in his new podcast about identifying as non-binary, “I think it best represents the fluidity I feel in my gender expression and makes me the most authentic and true to that person Allows to feel who I know I am and am still searching for. “
Demi Lovato announced on Wednesday that they are non-binary and will use pronouns.
The singer made the announcement on her new podcast, “4D with Demi Lovato”. Lovato said they want to “use podcasts for conversations that go beyond specific discourse” and saw this “very personal” declaration as an opportunity to do so.
“For the past year and a half I’ve been doing some healing and self-reflective work,” Lovato said in the introduction to the first podcast episode. “And through this work, I have had the revelation that I identify as non-binary. With that, I will officially change their pronouns. I think this is the fluidity I feel in my gender expression. Represents the best and allows me to feel the most authentic and true to the person I both know I am and am still searching for. “
Lovato said he felt he had an overdose of 2018 because he was “ignoring (his) truth” and “suppressing” himself to please stylists, team members and fans, who called him “sexy in leopard , Feminine pop star “.
“I thought I was supposed to be the same, and now I just realized that living your truth is more important than ever suppressing yourself because that’s what stuff happens when you do it,” Lovato said. To continue.
Lovato, who has also been forthright about his struggles with addiction and mental health, said he was eager to continue sharing his journey on podcasts and social media.
“In this first episode, I’m excited to share with you what it means to me and what it might look like to other people,” he said. “I want to make it clear that I am still learning and coming into my own, and I do not claim to be an expert or spokesperson.”
Alek Avid-Menon, a gender-nonconformity writer, artist, public speaker and Lovato’s friend, also appeared on the podcast to discuss both identities and to consider how Lovato “came to (their) truth.”
The pair had a candid conversation about the pronoun. Lovato said they understand that people can “slip away” and use their former pronouns, but added that viewers try to use pronouns that make Lovato “feel right”.
Lovato said, “It would mean the world if people started recognizing me as they / they.” “I know that being in my situation, people will take some time to get used to it. I want them to try. I think it’s important because I want to use these pronouns that I feel are right Are. I don’t even want people to be so afraid of messing up that they don’t try to use them. “
Leaders of the LGBTQ advocacy group GLAAD responded to Lovato’s announcement on Wednesday.
“Demi has always been one of the most vigorous and proud advocates for LGBTQ people and issues,” GLAAD talent head Anthony Ramos said in a press statement. “Sharing their story today, they will educate countless people around the world and reach out to other non-binary people with a message of pride.”
GLAAD CEO Sarah Kate Ellis also praised Lovato in a tweet.
In late March, Lovato appeared as a pansexual, announcing on “The Joe Rogan Experience” that he was attracted to men, women and “anything” in between.
“I’m so liquid now, and the reason I’m so liquid is because I was super closed,” Lovato said.
In his new YouTube documentary, “Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil,” Lovato said he was attracted to women earlier in life, but felt too shy to explore.
“I felt so embarrassed because I grew up in Texas as a Christian, that’s too bad,” he said. “Whatever attraction I had towards a woman at a young age, I turned it off, before I let myself get what I was feeling.”
Lovato also told Glamor magazine in March that his engagement with actor Max Erich, which the pair called off in September, helped him realize how “weird” they really are.
“Last year, I was engaged to a man and when it didn’t work, I was like, ‘This is a huge sign,” Lovato recalled. “I thought I was going to spend my life with someone. Now that I wasn’t leaving, I felt a sense of relief that I could live my truth.”