American singer, Demi Lovato has on Wednesday, May 19 come out as non-binary and has changed pronouns to they/them.
The music star, who in March came out as pansexual, shared the news via a video posted on her Twitter page on Wednesday May 19, adding that she will be changing pronouns to they/them.
According to GLAAD, an American non-governmental media monitoring organisation, non-binary as a term used by some “who experience their gender identity and/or gender expression as falling outside the categories of man and woman. They may define their gender as falling somewhere in between man and woman, or they may define it as wholly different from these terms.”
It has become increasingly more common for some people who identify as non-binary use a singular “they/them” pronoun.
Lovato has been in the spotlight since their teenage years on Disney Channel before hitting it big as a singer – the artist has twice been nominated for a Grammy Award.
Most recently, Lovato opened up in a four-part YouTube docuseries “Dancing with the Devil” that debuted in March, sharing harrowing details from the leadup and aftermath of their near-fatal 2018 overdose.
Lovato‘s announcement was made in conjunction with their first episode of new podcast “4D with Demi Lovato,” which featured a conversation with author and performer Alok Vaid-Menon, who Lovato dubbed “an important voice within the nonbinary community.”
The Disney Channel star made the revelation, saying the decision to identify as non-binary came after a “lot of healing & self-reflective work”.
Writing on Twitter, they said:
Every day we wake up, we are given another opportunity & chance to be who we want & wish to be. I’ve spent the majority of my life growing in front of all of you… you’ve seen the good, the bad, & everything in between.
Demi shared the clip revealing her new identification with fans alongside a lengthy Twitter thread.
In the video, they said;
I want to take this moment to share something very personal with you. Over the past year-and-a-half I’ve been doing some healing and self-reflective work, and through this work I’ve had the revelation that I identify as non-binary.
With that said, I’ll be officially changing my pronouns to they/them. I feel that this best represents the fluidity I feel in my gender expression and allows me to feel most authentic and true to the person I both know I am and still am discovering. I want to make it clear I’m still learning and coming into myself – I don’t claim to be an expert or a spokesperson.
Lovato stated;
Not only has my life been a journey for myself, I was also living for those on the other side of the cameras. Over the past year-and-a-half, I’ve been doing some healing and self-reflective work. And through this work, I’ve had the revelation that I identify as non-binary. With that said, I’ll be officially changing my pronouns to they/them.
I feel that this best represents the fluidity I feel in my gender expression and allows me to feel most authentic and true to the person I both know I am, and am still discovering.
Lovato ended her 2 months old engagement to Max Ehrich in September 2020. According to reports, the couple struggled to make their relationship work.
Similarly, Grammy-winning singer Sam Smith came out as non-binary and genderqueer in 2019, sharing a few months later they use “they/them” pronouns after what the pop star called a “lifetime of being at war with my gender.”
Watch a video of her speaking below;
Every day we wake up, we are given another opportunity & chance to be who we want & wish to be. I’ve spent the majority of my life growing in front of all of you… you’ve seen the good, the bad, & everything in between. pic.twitter.com/HSBcfmNruo
— Demi Lovato (@ddlovato) May 19, 2021
