Demi Lovato is going more public about her sexual orientation.
The two-time Grammy nominated singer is now identifying as pansexual, which means ? according to GLAAD — she’s attracted to all gender identities, or attracted to people regardless of gender.
Lovato also said proud to be part of the “alphabet mafia,” referring to the LGBT+ community.
The topic came up while the “Sorry Not Sorry” singer was discussing whether she wants to have children during an appearance on the “Joe Rogan Experience” podcast: “I used to,” she shared. “I think if anything I want to adopt. I was engaged to a man last year,” she added, referring to ex-fiancé, former “The Young & The Restless” actor Max Ehrich. “I totally thought I’d be married, maybe pregnant by now. And that’s not the case.”
Lovato continued, “I also don’t know if I’m going to end up with a guy, so I can’t really see myself maybe getting pregnant. I’m so fluid now — and a part of the reason why I am so fluid is because I was super closeted off.”
Through the years, the 28-year-old former Disney Channel star has been an open book — and has long been candid about her sexuality.
While promoting her new documentary, “Dancing with the Devil,” she’s now taking the opportunity to publicly sharing the label she identifies with.
When Rogan probed Lovato to clarify what she meant with the use of the term “sexually fluid” and that she’s interested in both women and men. Lovato replied, “Yeah — anything really.”
He directly asked if the term is “pansexual” and Lovato replied, “Yeah, pansexual.”
The vocal powerhouse went on to say she heard someone call the LGBTQIA+ community the “alphabet mafia” and fell in love with the term: “That’s it! That’s what I’m going with. I’m part of the alphabet mafia and proud.”
“I’m like, why can’t we just say queer y’all,” the former “Barney & Friends” actress deadpanned.
Lovato said she realized her interest in women while watching 1999’s “Cruel Intentions” and seeing Sarah Michelle Gellar and Selma Blair.
“I was like, ‘Oh, I like that,'” she recalled. “But I felt a lot of shame because growing up in Texas as a Christian that’s very frowned upon. And so any attraction that I ever had to a female at a young age, I shut it down before I even let myself process what I was feeling.”
The Dallas-raised, Albuquerque, N.M., native first revealed she was sexually fluid in the 2017 YouTube documentary, “Simply Complicated,” saying she was “open to human connection.”
“So whether that’s through a male or a female, it doesn’t matter to me,” she explained.
In her latest YouTube film, “Dancing With the Devil,” which details her 2018 drug overdose, Lovato claimed she was sexually assaulted the night of her overdose by her drug dealer.
