Demi Lovato has spoken out on why she has re-adopted she/her pronouns and why she doesn't always feel comfortable using women's public bathrooms.
The 'Cool For The Summer' singer came out as non-binary in 2021, but said she found using they/them pronouns 'exhausting' to explain.
They said: "I constantly had to educate people and explain why I identified with those pronouns. It was absolutely exhausting.
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"I just got tired. But for that very reason I know that it is important to continue spreading the word."
The 30-year-old also expressed their desire to see more gender-neutral spaces open up, as she doesn't feel comfortable with the binary as it is.
Lovato said: "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.
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"Or it also happens when filling out forms, such as government documents or any other where you have to specify your gender.
"You only have two options, male and female, and I feel like none of that makes sense to me.
"I see myself conditioned to choose a woman because there are no more.
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"I think this has to change. Hopefully with time there will be more options."
The Grammy-nominated singer came out as non-binary on an episode of her podcast 4D with Demi Lovato.
At the time, the former Disney star said: "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. With that said, I'll be officially changing my pronouns to they/them.
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"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 am still discovering."
In May 2022, Lovato added she/her back on her Instagram profile alongside they/them, before opening up about the decision two months later in an interview.
Lovato told Tamara Dhia on the Spout podcast: "Yeah, so, they/them is... I've actually adopted the pronouns of she/her again."
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She continued: "For me, I'm such a fluid person that ... I felt like, especially last year, my energy was balanced in my masculine and feminine energy so that when I was faced with the choice of walking into a bathroom and it said 'women' and 'men,' I didn't feel like there was a bathroom for me because I didn't feel necessarily like a woman.
"I didn't feel like a man. I just felt like a human.
"That's what they/them is about for me. It's just about, like, feeling human at your core.
"Recently, I've been feeling more feminine, and so I've adopted she/ her again. But I think what's important is, like, nobody's perfect.
"Everyone messes up pronouns at some point, and especially when people are learning. It's just all about respect."
According to their Instagram, the singer now uses both they/them and she/her pronouns.
Ben Thompson