publicly announced her nonbinary status in May 2021 during her podcast 4D With Demi Lovato. She also announced the change in a video posted on Twitter, in which she said using nonbinary pronouns "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."In the summer of 2022, Lovato made an appearance on Spout Podcast, in which she told host Tamara Dhia that she had expanded on gender identity.
When Dhia asked Lovato to explain her use of the nonbinary pronouns, the singer said she had decided they/them pronouns were no longer solely appropriate for her."I've actually adopted the pronouns of she/her again," Lovato said at the time, while also explaining that she was using those pronouns in addition to they/them.Now, in a newly published interview with GQ Hype Spain, Lovato has revealed that she added to her pronouns simply to avoid having to repeatedly explain herself to people."I constantly had to educate people and explain why I identified with those pronouns," she explained in the interview, translated from Spanish. "It was absolutely exhausting.
And that is one of the reasons that have led me to also feel comfortable with the feminine pronoun. I just got tired. But for that very reason I know that it is important to continue spreading the word."Lovato added that she often deals with friction between her gender identity and external expectations."I face this every day.
For example, in public toilets. Having to access the women's bathroom, even though I don't completely identify with it. I would feel more comfortable in a genderless bathroom," she said."Or it also happens when filling out forms, such as government.