By Canela López
Prominent celebrities like Demi Lovato and Elliot Page have come out recently as nonbinary and trans.
Their visibility has prompted mainstream conversation about what it means to be gender fluid and how it fits into the conversation on trans and nonbinary identities.
While some celebrities have come out with fixed genders that do not change over time, others like Ruby Rose are gender-fluid. Here’s a breakdown of what gender-fluidity means and how to correctly use their pronouns.
What does it mean to be gender-fluid?
Gender-fluid people fluctuate in their gender identity over periods of time. For example, someone who is gender-fluid may say they are a boy one day and align themselves more with being femme the next day.
Unlike fixed identities that do not change over time, gender-fluid people acknowledge their gender identity can be different depending on when you ask and how they are feeling internally.
While there are gender-fluid people who can fit under the umbrella of nonbinary gender identities, not all nonbinary people are…