Sam Smith Details Difficult Experiences Since Gender Pronoun Change
Since announcing that they identify as gender nonbinary and shared the preferred gender-neutral pronouns they/them, Sam Smith is now opening up about the difficult experiences since last September’s requests.
While Smith initially wrote, “Today is a good day so here goes. I’ve decided I am changing my pronouns to 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 recently told Zane Lowe, “What’s hard is people changing their vocabulary. That’s very, very difficult. It takes time. Everyone messes up. I’m going to be misgendered to the day I die.”
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Smith adds, “This is going to take a long, long time for people to not use gender in their vocabulary. This is all about feeling safe, and it makes me feel happy and it makes me feel comfortable. And if I get to live a life where I’m a little bit more comfortable and happy, then I think it’s worth it.”
In last year’s post, Sam also shared, “I’m so excited and privileged to be surrounded by people that support me in this decision but I’ve been very nervous about announcing this because I care too much about what people think but f*ck it! I understand there will be many mistakes and mis gendering but all I ask is you please please try. I hope you can see me like I see myself now. Thank you.”
They also added a disclaimer, “P.s. 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. If you have questions and are wondering what this all means I’ll try my best to explain.”
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