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Sam Smithis opening up about gender identity.
Six months after coming out asnon-binary, the British pop star, 27, changed their pronouns to “they/them” on Friday in an emotional Instagram post, sharing a photo of the words: “MY PRONOUNS ARE THEY / THEM.”
“Today is a good day so here goes. I’ve decided I am changing my pronouns to THEY/THEM,” Smith wrote in the caption. “After a lifetime of being at war with my gender I’ve decided to embrace myself for who I am, inside and out.
“I am at no stage just yet to eloquently speak at length about what it means to be non binary but I can’t wait for the day that I am. So for now I just want to be VISIBLE and open,” Smith wrote.
At the end of the post, Smith added a list of figures in the non-binary and trans community who helped the Grammy winner understand their identity.
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“If you have questions and are wondering what this all means I’ll try my best to explain but I have also tagged below the human beings who are fighting the good fight every day,” Smith wrote. “These are activists and leaders of the non binary/trans community that have helped me and given me so much clarity and understanding.”
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Smith first came out as non-binary in an interview with actressJameela Jamilin the debut episode of hernew Instagram-based showI Weigh Interviews, saying: “When I saw the word non-binary/genderqueer and I read into it and I heard these people speaking. I was like, ‘F—, that is me.’”
Then, in the June 2019 issue ofBritish GQ, Smithopened up about being non-binary.
source: people.com
