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\nDemi Lovato opened up recently about embracing queer culture and her desire to perform her music in queer clubs”I love doing that in queer spaces because it feels safe to me,” the singer told PAPER magazineThe Grammy nominee identifies as pansexual<\/p>\n
Demi Lovato<\/a> is opening up about her queer identity.\n<\/p>\n The \u201cSkyscraper\u201d singer, 33, recently spoke with PAPER<\/a> magazine and chatted about her connection to queer spaces. The Grammy nominee identifies as pansexual.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n She acknowledged in the cover story that throughout her career she\u2019s been performing in queer spaces. \u201cMy connection with queer club culture is… I love going out with my friends,” she said. “I love dancing, and I love doing that in queer spaces because it feels safe to me.\u201d\n<\/p>\n \u201cIf I were to go to a straight club, it just doesn’t feel as safe. I feel there’s more danger,\u201d Lovato continued. \u201cI feel like when I go to a queer space, I know that I’m with my friends. I’m know I\u2019ll have a great time.\u201d\u00a0\n<\/p>\n \u201cI just have always felt safer in queer spaces, and I think that’s because queer people have a way of living so authentically that it makes me feel like I can live authentically,\u201d she added.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n Demi Lovato on September 16, 2025.<\/p>\n Charles Sykes\/Bravo via Getty<\/p>\n \u201cBeing queer myself, having people around me that make me feel safe to be myself is something I always longed for as a kid in Texas,\u201d she said.\n<\/p>\n The singer was born in Albuquerque, N.M. and moved to Dallas when she was 2 years old.\n<\/p>\n \u201cAs a queer kid in Texas, I had a lot of religious shame around coming out, and I think that’s because growing up in the Bible belt \u2026 or maybe Texas isn\u2019t in the Bible belt, but you know what I mean. Same thing,\u201d she said. \u201cSo now I get to go out, and I get to live authentically and be myself, and it feels amazing.\u201d\u00a0\n<\/p>\n \u201cI’m celebrating with my music, too, you know? I went to a queer party and played \u2018Kiss,\u2019 ” she said, before noting that she wanted to share it with her fans first. \u201cIt went really great. I\u2019m so happy with how everyone loved it.\u201d\n<\/p>\n Lovato has been public with her queer identity for years. In October 2020, she revealed that she knew she was queer while watching the iconic make-out scene between Selma Blair<\/a> and Sarah Michelle Gellar<\/a> in Cruel Intentions<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n In May 2021, the singer came out as non-binary<\/a>. That same month, she revealed that she’s attracted to “anything really\u201d and confirmed that she\u2019s pansexual.\n<\/p>\n At the time, she said she was “super closeted off” because of her religious upbringing, but is now “proud” to be a part of the LGBTQ community.\n<\/p>\n Demi Lovato on September 16, 2025 in New York City.<\/p>\n Cindy Ord\/Getty<\/p>\n The following year, she reintroduced she\/her pronouns in addition to they\/them pronouns<\/a>. In June 2023, she explained to GQ Hype Spain<\/a> that she made that decision because she had \u201cconstantly had to educate people and explain why I identified with those pronouns.”\u00a0\n<\/p>\n