Over the years, Sam Smith, Ruby Rose, Jonathan Van Ness, Elliot Page and now singer Demi Celebrities such as Demi Lovato have appeared in a very public way.
The pop star appeared as a non-double star on Wednesday, changing their pronoun to them (they). Lovato is arguably one of the biggest celebrities to appear in public-the 28-year-old singer is a famous star on the Disney Channel, before engaging in music for more than a decade.
Lovato said: “I think this best represents my fluidity in gender expression, and it makes me feel the most real and true to the people I know and are still looking for.”
Non-binary and transgender people have always existed, but the influx of celebrities has had an impact on the culture as a whole-although some in the LGBTQ community view paying attention to celebrities as an empty victory.
Los Angeles writer and streamer Joanna Truman has been a lover of Lovato music for many years.
“Even if it’s just people who are really aware of them- [people] Finding out this problem, maybe finding out non-binary identities or things they are not familiar with… is a very important thing,” Truman said.
Others, such as high school student and artist Oskar Blasi from Springfield, Illinois, are not people who personally like Lovato music, but hope that their presence will help others understand non-binary and transgender people.
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Blasi said: “It makes us more visible.” “The first celebrity I remember hearing was Rebecca Sugar.”
Sugar, American animator and creator Steven Universe, Appeared as a non-binary woman in 2018.
Blasi said: “I didn’t get it at the time, but I was really excited because I didn’t know that celebrities could do it.”
Shelley Craig, chair of the study of sexual and gender minorities at the University of Toronto, Canada, told CBC News that some strange young people see celebrities as role models.
Craig said: “They feel a sense of being valued.”
Bobby MacPherson, director of operations at Pride Toronto, said that as a non-binary person like Lovato, the news was “exciting.”
Visibility is a double-edged sword
On the cover of 2014, there is a Cox photo titled “Transgender Tipping Point.” Bare said that in the past 10 years, transgender people have been very visible.
Although celebrities like Cox Speak up to transgender people and the larger LGBTQ+ community, Nudity said, becoming a celebrity is different from being a non-celebrity.
“Visibility is a double-edged sword,” Barre continued. “When I was 14 and didn’t know what trans was, it was cool to see celebrities come out, but I think that in essence, transgender visibility will only make trans people’s lives worse.”
Naked said that celebrities are far from the reality of most transgender people.
according to From Canada’s Trans Pulse Canada’s report this year, 79% of the interviewees suffered verbal harassment, while 52% of the interviewees suffered physical intimidation and threats.Research also shows that transgender Canadians are more likely to Experience violence and other forms of discrimination More than non-trans Canadians.
According to the official cross-commemorative report from January 2008 to September 2020, Killed 3664 transgender and gender diverse people in 75 countries. At least 62% of reported murders are sex workers.
Bare said: “Coming out is a difficult and unpleasant thing. It makes you understand the way people see you and the way people react to you.”
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Blasi said the conversation should focus on visibility and destructive stigma.
“Awareness is important, but celebrities should provide some kind of resources specifically for young people… [or] We should start talking more about topics that affect us. “Brazy said.
Bare believes that vocal anti-activists who call for a ban on smoking, anti-terrorist violence and medical discrimination should also be recognized.
“If you are a newcomer, then in any real sense, you don’t have the power to truly be the voice of the community-I hope to see [them] Expand the voice of community organizers. “
