Arts & Entertainment
Demi Lovato says she want to keep her sexuality private
the singer wants the focus to be on music
(Screenshot courtesy of YouTube)
Demi Lovato doesn’t want people to speculate about her sexuality.
Speaking with Pride Source, Lovato, 25, was asked if she wanted to discuss her sexual orientation. Lovato has said in the past that her hit single “Cool for the Summer” is about bi-curiosity.
She was also recently spotted holding hands with DJ/producer Lauren Abedini at Disneyland causing rumors to swirl that the two are dating.
good morning to demi lovato and her possible girlfriend and no one else pic.twitter.com/ZrDKzhVBBD
— kendra (@toldbykendra) September 11, 2017
Headlines: “Demi Lovato rumored to have a girlfriend”
My gay ass pic.twitter.com/w1jFFFMTGI
— Star? (@wecameazstars) September 11, 2017
But Lovato isn’t interested in having her sexual identity make headline news.
“I just feel like everyone’s always looking for a headline and they always want their magazine or TV show or whatever to be the one to break what my sexuality is. I feel like it’s irrelevant to what my music is all about. I stand up for the things that I believe in and the things that I’m passionate about, but I like to keep my personal life as private as possible when it comes to dating and sexuality and all that stuff just because it has nothing to do with my music,” Lovato told Pride Source. “Unfortunately, we live in a world where everyone is trying to get that soundbite and I am purposefully not giving the soundbite.”
“If ever I want to talk about it, I want it to be on my own terms,” Lovato continued.
The singer hinted that her upcoming YouTube documentary, “Demi Lovato: Simply Complicated,” which will be released on Oct. 12, will discuss her sexuality.
Lovato, who has been sober for five years, also addressed substance abuse in the LGBT community.
“I think a lot of people drinking and using in the LGBTQ community has to do with finding their identity. The most important thing to know is that you are never going to find your identity through drugs and alcohol, so don’t even go there. You are not going to find the answers through drugs and alcohol,” Lovato says.
Celebrity News
Madonna announces release date for new album
‘Confessions II’ marks return to the dance floor
Pop icon Madonna on Wednesday announced that her 15th studio album will be released on July 3.
Titled “Confessions II,” the new album is a sequel to 2005’s “Confessions on a Dance Floor,” an Abba and disco-infused hit.
The new album reunites Madonna with producer Stuart Price, who also helmed the original “Confessions” album. It’s her first album of new material since 2019’s “Madame X.”
“We must dance, celebrate, and pray with our bodies,” Madonna said in a press release. “These are things that we’ve been doing for thousands of years — they really are spiritual practices. After all, the dance floor is a ritualistic space. It’s a place where you connect — with your wounds, with your fragility. To rave is an art. It’s about pushing your limits and connecting to a community of like-minded people,” continued the statement. “Sound, light, and vibration reshape our perceptions. Pulling us into a trance-like state. The repetition of the bass, we don’t just hear it but we feel it. Altering our consciousness and dissolving ego and time.”
Denali (@denalifoxx) of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” performed at Pitchers DC on April 9 for the Thirst Trap Thursday drag show. Other performers included Cake Pop!, Brooke N Hymen, Stacy Monique-Max and Silver Ware Sidora.
(Washington Blade photos by Michael Key)
Arts & Entertainment
In an act of artistic defiance, Baltimore Center Stage stays focused on DEI
‘Maybe it’s a triple-down’
By LESLIE GRAY STREETER | I’m always tickled when people complain about artists “going political.” The inherent nature of art, of creation and free expression, is political. This becomes obvious when entire governments try to threaten it out of existence, like in 2025, when the brand-new presidential administration demanded organizations halt so-called diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programming or risk federal funding.
Baltimore Center Stage’s response? A resounding and hearty “Nah.” A year later, they’re still doubling down on diversity.
“Maybe it’s a triple-down,” said Ken-Matt Martin, the theater’s producing director, chuckling.
The rest of this article can be found on the Baltimore Banner’s website.
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