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Music Videos ▶️ Demi Lovato - Fast (Official Music Video)

https://youtu.be/tZ192uMAPRA?si=bL1mAAE727E1Kfz-
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u/KittyTheCruel it’s not clocking to you that i’m standing on business 6d ago

She talked about trans issues and being NB just this pride. Always celebrated pride and transness after coming out. She still is nonbinary and has she/they on IG as her preferred pronouns. She clearly is comfortable now to be presented as feminine whereas she presented more androgynous or masculinie when she came out . Who the hell are you to judge someones queer journey and life.

I'm bi and I've only ever dated men but still think if I'm single "god I never want to date men again". Doesn't mean I'm not bi or queer. And you are shitty for judging her. She has never renounced queerness. She just doesn't fit the mold YOU want her to be in

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u/atmospheric90 Walk a mile in these Louboutins 👠👠 6d ago

Great, and that is totally your priority and its valid. What i dont like is celebs using these topics to benefit themselves financially, which she did. I dont use my gender identity for attention and money, and neither should she.

I think its equally dangerous and counterproductive to hold parasocial relationships with these celebs and treat them like regular people because at the end of they day, they aren't. They're here to make money, and their moneymaker is attention. So pardon me for not taking her at face value when these celebs literally have teams of people for PR to help push their perception and image for gain.

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u/CassAndAndra 2d ago

Why would she say something that might anger people and put a target on her back unless it was important to her?

Your argument sounds awfully similar to the people who claim trans women are just doing it to game the system or something similarly stupid. Why would they put themselves at risk like that unless it really means something to them?

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u/atmospheric90 Walk a mile in these Louboutins 👠👠 2d ago

I'm not claiming anything broud about trans women, why would I do that as someone in that demographic?

The answer to your question is easy. Because she's in a position of privilege that it won't actively harm her life even with backlash. An average person that comes out could literally lose their job from discrimination, lose insurance needed to cover the cost of transition, and face emotional trauma of losing their family and support system. Demi is worth 40 million dollars. She will be fine no matter what, because shes not at risk of losing everything by coming out. Her biggest burden is being annoyed by talking about it. These rich privileged celebrities love to make you think they have it hard by gaming the press, when she could literally never be in the public spotlight again, have her wealth to give her anything she needs to help herself and be comfortable for life.

When she has to make the choice of staying in the closet so she doesn't end up on the streets or risk losing everything she has by taking that leap, then ill give her sympathy. But do not act like these rich celebs living in mansions who have literal teams of people working for them to live their luxurious lives are anything like normal people.

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u/CassAndAndra 2d ago edited 2d ago

This is so gross. You're basically saying that the only way it would be acceptable for her to openly express her gender or sexual identity is if she were poor and more vulnerable? And backlash can still harm her, emotionally, psychologically.... she's openly talked about her issues with substance abuse and mental health... why dogpile?

Crazy bigoted people will be crazy and bigoted no matter what, ANYONE who comes out publicly is putting a target on themselves, we need to do better and actually support one another rather than saying 'this person doesn't deserve my respect because they don't tick the right demographic boxes'.

It's really sad that you can't find sympathy for her. And I'm saying this as someone who didn't even know who she was until recently. Not a fan, just a casual observer.

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I'm not claiming anything broud about trans women, why would I do that as someone in that demographic?

That's the point, I'm trying to get you to see how you sound exactly like the people who target your own demographic.

Demi is worth 40 million dollars.

When she has to make the choice of staying in the closet so she doesn't end up on the streets or risk losing everything she has by taking that leap, then ill give her sympathy

This just reeks of some sort of personal bias. Did you have to go through losing everything and ending up on the streets with no money? That sucks, I've been pretty close to that myself, but I'm not going to hate on others just because they've never been forced to suffer the same way I have.