By Elisha Fieldstadt - NBC News
Demi Lovato stated on Wednesday that she identifies as a non-binary person and stated that she will stop using feminine pronouns.
"I have spent most of my life growing up in front of all of you ... you
have seen the good, the bad
and everything in between," Lovato wrote on Twitter.
"My life has not only been a journey for me, but also for those who are on the other side of the cameras," added Lovato, who began on the series
Barney & Friends
and has appeared on shows like
Grey's Anatomy
or
Prison Break
, besides being successful as a musical artist.
"Today is a day that
I am very happy to share more of my life
with all of you. I proudly let you know that I identify as non-binary and that I will officially change my pronouns in the future," wrote Lovato, 28. .
He said he will use
them / they
.
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[In English, these plural pronouns do not carry a gender (it includes women, men and those who do not identify themselves as one or the other), but in Spanish they are translated as them or them.
The Royal Spanish Academy briefly agreed in 2020 to contemplate the inclusion of the pronoun
elle
, but no conclusion has been reached, citing a lack of consensus among speakers].
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Lovato said her decision came after "a
lot of healing and self-reflection work
."
She said: "I am still learning and gaining awareness, and I do not pretend to be part of the experts or to be a spokesperson. Sharing this with you opens another level of vulnerability to me," said the singer of hits such as
Sorry Not Sorry
.
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"I feel that this better represents the fluidity that
I feel in my gender expression
, and allows me more authenticity and fidelity to the person that I know that I am and that I am still discovering," he concluded.