Sam Smith came out as non-binary earlier this year, with this weekend announcing their pronounces as they/them.
“After a lifetime of being at war with my gender I’ve decided to embrace myself for who I am, inside and out,” they said in a Twitter thread.
“I’m so excited and privileged to be surrounded by people that support me in this decision,” Sam continued, “but I’ve been very nervous about announcing this because I care too much about what people think but f*ck it!”
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When Sam came out as non-binary, they at the time said they would continue to use the pronounces he/him. However, they have since changed their mind.
Smith acknowledged in their thread that there will most likely be “mistakes and misgendering” by people who don’t intend to be hurtful.
“But all I ask is you please please try,” they said.
While Smith is opening up more and more with their sexuality and gender, they are not in a place to “eloquently speak at length about what it means to be nonbinary but I can’t wait for the day that I am.”
Their intention right now is to be “VISIBLE and open.”
“Love you all,” Smith said, concluding their thread
“I’m scared shitless, but feeling super free right now.”
Sam spoke about always having a bit of war within their body and their mind about how they define themselves.
“I do think like a woman sometimes, in my head. Sometimes I’ve sat there and questioned, ‘Do I want a sex change?’
They continued: “It’s something that I still think about… but I don’t think it is. When I saw the word ‘nonbinary’/ ‘genderqueer’ and I read into it and heard these people speaking I was like ‘f*ck that is me.’
“Nonbinary/gender queer us that you do not identify in a gender, you are just you. you are a mixture of different things. You are your own special creation. That’s how I take it. I’m not male or female. I think I float somewhere in between.”
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