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Demi Lovatois continuing to open up about their coming-out journey.
In an interview withThe 19thon Thursday,Lovato, 28, talked about the role the pandemic played in their coming out journey — and shares that in hindsight, the “dissolvement” of their relationship helped them find their true self.
Lovato shared that they began toidentify as non-binaryin March 2020 — the very beginning of the pandemic. However, they then got into a relationship withMax Ehrich, which led them to “ignore” parts of themselves.
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“I met someone and I got into this straight relationship, and that was great, but that led me to ignoring all the parts of myself that I didn’t think were digestible for my partner at the time, who ended up becoming my fiancé,” they said.
Lovato dated Ehrich, 30, for nearly seven months beforecalling it quitsin September 2020.
Lovato thencame out as non-binarypublicly in May on their podcast,4D with Demi Lovato, and changed their pronouns to they/them to best represent their “fluidity.”
During their interview withThe 19th, the singer also shared that they believe their gender journey will last “forever.”
“There might be a time where I identify as trans. I don’t know what this looks like for me. There might be a time where I identify as non-binary and gender-nonconforming my entire life,” said the star. “Or maybe there’s a period of time when I get older that I identify as a woman, I don’t know what that looks like, but for me, in this moment right now, this is how I identify.”
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“And I have a feeling that it’s not going to ever go back to one way or the other, but it’s about keeping it open and free and just I’m a very fluid person, and so that goes with how I express myself as well,” they continued.
In July, Lovatoshared a messageasking people tomake an effort to gender them correctly, but understood if they “make a mistake.”
“If you misgender me, that’s okay,” Lovato wrote. “I accidentally misgender myself sometimes! It’s a huge transition to change the pronouns I’ve used for myself my entire life. And it’s difficult to remember sometimes!”
“As long as you keep trying to respect my truth and as long as I remember my truth, the shift will come naturally,” they continued. “I’m just grateful for your effort in trying to remember what means so much to my healing process.”
source: people.com
