Demi Lovato returns to she/her pronouns: ‘I’ve been feeling more feminine’

MANILA, Philippines – After previously coming out as non-binary and choosing they/them pronouns, Demi Lovato has shared that she felt comfortable using she/her pronouns again in an interview with Spout podcast.

“Recently, I’ve been feeling more feminine and so I’ve adopted ‘her’ again,” the 29-year-old singer explained. Her Instagram bio currently lists she/her and they/them pronouns.

Demi came out as non-binary in her own podcast, 4D With Demi, on May 2021. “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. I’ll officially be changing my pronouns to they/them,” she had said.

“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,” Demi had added.

In the recent interview, the singer affirmed that her gender and sexuality had always been fluid. At the time, Demi did not feel compelled to box herself in the traditional binary system of gender. “I felt like, especially last year, my energy was balanced in my masculine and feminine energy.”

“Because I didn’t feel necessary like a woman. I didn’t feel like a man. I just felt like a human – and that’s what they/them is about. For me, it’s just about feeling human at your core,” Demi remarked.

The 29-year-old singer, though, liked to give people the benefit of the doubt whenever they get confused about her preferred pronouns. “Nobody’s perfect. Everybody messes up pronouns at some point, especially when people are learning.”

“It’s just about respect,” she noted.

Demi Lovato is a musician and a former Disney actress. She has been in the limelight for years, getting her big break as a child actor in the children’s TV show Barney & Friends. Now, Demi has managed to transform her image into a more mature and powerful singer. This was made apparent on she upcoming 8th studio album, HOLY FVCK, which will be released on August 19. – with reports from Bea Bertuldo/Rappler.com

Bea Bertuldo is a Rappler intern