{"id":705684,"date":"2019-09-14T17:42:27","date_gmt":"2019-09-14T17:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/09\/14\/sam-smith-i-want-to-be-referred-to-as-they-them\/"},"modified":"2019-09-14T17:42:27","modified_gmt":"2019-09-14T17:42:27","slug":"sam-smith-i-want-to-be-referred-to-as-they-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/14\/sam-smith-i-want-to-be-referred-to-as-they-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Smith: I want to be referred to as they\/them"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sam Smith. Picture: Twitter<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Sam Smith has asked for people to refer to them as “they” and “them” after a “lifetime of being at war with their gender”.<\/p>\n

The “How Do You Sleep” hitmaker has chosen what pronouns they would like to be referred to from now on after a “lifetime of being at war with their gender”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

They wrote on their social media account: “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.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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***k 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.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Thank you. 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.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If you have questions and are wondering what this all means I’ll try my best to explain but I have also tagged below the human beings who are fighting the good fight everyday. These are activists and leaders of the non binary\/trans community that have helped me and given me so much clarity and understanding. Love you all. I’m scared s***less, but feeling super free right now. Be kind x (sic)”<\/p>\n

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Today is a good day so here goes. I\u2019ve decided I am changing my pronouns to THEY\/THEM \u2764 after a lifetime of being at war with my gender I\u2019ve decided to embrace myself for who I am, inside and out. pic.twitter.com\/IVoLTYbAWd<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Sam Smith (@samsmith)
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\u00a0Sam had previously described themselves as “non-binary”.<\/p>\n

They said: “Ever since I was a little boy, ever since I was a little human, I didn’t feel comfortable being a man really. I never really did. Some days I’ve got my manly side and some days I’ve got my womanly side, but it’s when I’m in the middle of that switch that I get really, really depressed and sad. Because I don’t know who I am.”<\/p>\n

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