Janelle Monáe comes out as nonbinary: ‘I just don’t see myself as a woman, solely’

Janelle Monáe has confirmed they’re nonbinary during a recent interview on Jada Pinkett Smith’s talk show “Red Table Talk.”

Monáe was featured on the first episode of the fifth season of the Emmy-winning Facebook Watch show presented by Pinkett Smith; her daughter Willow Smith; and her mother, Adrienne Banfield-Norris.

During the episode released Wednesday, Willow asked the Grammy-nominated musician and best-selling author about the “journey of [their] sexuality.”

In a 2018 Rolling Stone cover story, the “We Are Young” singer came out as pansexual — a term used to describe a person who experiences attraction without regard to sex, gender identity or gender expression.

In early 2020, Monáe tweeted the hashtag “#IAmNonbinary,” but they later said in an interview that they had tweeted the hashtag “in support of Nonbinary Day and to bring more awareness to the community.”

But during the “Red Table Talk” season premiere, Monáe confirmed that they are nonbinary.

“I just don’t see myself as a woman, solely,” they said.

“I feel all of my energy. I feel like God is so much bigger than the ‘he’ or the ‘she.’ If I am from God, I am everything. I am everything, but I will always, always stand with women. I will always stand with Black women. But I just see everything beyond the binary,” they added.

Monáe, 36, didn’t talk about their pronouns during her “Red Table Talk” interview. However, in June 2020, a reporter told the “Antebellum” star that all pronouns on their Wikipedia page had been changed from “she” to “they.”

Monáe, who was surprised to hear that, responded: “That was not me [who changed the pronouns]. I think people can call me whatever it is they want to call me. I know who I am. I know my journey. And I don’t have to declare anything,” they said.

In an interview with the Los Angeles Times published on Thursday, however, they were a little clearer.

“My pronouns are free-ass m—r and they/them, her/she,” Monáe said.

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