{"id":23562,"date":"2021-05-19T14:20:05","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T14:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=23562"},"modified":"2021-05-20T12:51:19","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T12:51:19","slug":"demi-lovato-nonbinary","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/demi-lovato-nonbinary\/","title":{"rendered":"Demi Lovato Now Identifies As Non-Binary"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_23564\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23564\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-23564\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1308554219-e1621432558433.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Demi Lovato\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23564\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Demi Lovato (Photo: Rich Fury\/Getty Images for OBB Media)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/demi-lovato-channels-nurse-ratched-in-balenciaga-spring-2020\/\">Demi Lovato<\/a> kicked off the premiere episode of their new podcast, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=i-JTmLiG4fE\" target=\"_blank\">4D with Demi Lovato<\/a>,\u201d with some big news: the singer and actor announced that they identify as <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/missoma-fused-unisex-collection\/\">non-binary<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the past year and a half, I\u2019ve been doing some healing and self-reflective work,\u201d they stated at the top of the show. \u201cAnd through this work, I\u2019ve had the revelation that I identify as non-binary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lovato went on to say that they are officially changing their pronouns to they\/them \u2014 but if you\u2019ve read this far you\u2019ve probably picked up on that already! \u201cI 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"4D With Demi Lovato - Guest: Alok Vaid-Menon\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NR2VQl0zMSQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The rest of the episode, which is available to stream <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/spotify-frequency-launch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wherever you get your podcasts<\/a>, is devoted to a conversation about gender with writer and performance artist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alokvmenon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Alok Vaid-Menon<\/a>. The two friends met when singer Sam Smith, who came out as genderqueer in 2017, took Lovato to see Vaid-Menon perform. They parse the differences between terms like non-binary gender and gender non-conforming, discuss pronouns and some of the biggest misconceptions about the evolving conversation around gender expression.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen people ask me what non-binary is,\u201d Vaid-Menon says, \u201cI can give you the definition: We are people who have existed for thousands of years, who actually experience ourselves outside of the idea of man or woman. But what I want you to understand is that it comes from a place of deep joy and healing, not from a place of doubt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lovato is quick to acknowledge that they\u2019re still learning about their self and doesn\u2019t claim to be an expert on gender. But they point to their 2018 overdose as a turning point. \u201cI was suppressing who I really am in order to please stylists or team member\u2026or even fans who wanted me to be the sexy, feminine pop star in the leotard and look a certain way. I thought that was what I was supposed to be.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23565\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23565\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-23565\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1308555122-e1621433160561.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Demi Lovato\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23565\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Demi Lovato (Photo: Rich Fury\/Getty Images for OBB Media)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s nothing more freeing, for me, than to be unattached to a role that society wants me to play,\u201d they continue. \u201cI fully believe that gender is just another boundary that separates humanity from divine wisdom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lovato frames the new insight about their gender in terms of healing. The 28-year-old has struggled publicly with addiction, self-harm and mental health issues. They also recently revealed that <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/demi-lovato-sexual-abuse\/\">they were raped<\/a> by one of their Disney Channel co-stars when they were 15. But they push back on the idea that coming out as non-binary is a career move or just another symptom of their struggle. \u201cI could leave my career today,\u201d they insist. \u201cI\u2019m still going to identify as non-binary tomorrow. For the first time in my life, I\u2019m putting my well-being over my career. And that\u2019s the difference in somebody, I guess doing something for attention\u2026versus speaking your truth.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29097,"featured_media":23564,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[23,38,16],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v20.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Demi Lovato Now Identifies As Gender Non-Binary<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Demi Lovato kicked off the premiere episode of their new podcast, &#039;4D with Demi Lovato,&#039; with some big news: the singer and actor announced that they identify as non-binary.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/demi-lovato-nonbinary\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" 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