Janelle Monáe comes out as non-binary: ‘I don’t see myself as a woman, solely’
supports HTML5 videoJanelle Monáe has come out as non-binary, saying that she feels as though ‘God is so much bigger than the “he” or the “she”.On the latest episode of Red Table Talk, the singer joined Jada Pinkett Smith, her daughter Willow Smith – who shares with husband Will Smith – and her mother Adrienne Banfield-Norris for an in-depth conversation.A few minutes in, she opened up about her non-binary identity, saying: ‘I just don’t see myself as a woman, or solely.’A rep for the musician confirmed to Rolling Stone that she is continuing to use she/her pronouns.Speaking about her gender identity, she said: ‘I feel all of my energy.
I feel like God is so much bigger than the “he” or the “she”. And if I am from God, I am everything.‘But I will always, always stand with women, I will always stand with Black women, but I just see everything that I am.
Beyond the binary.’After receiving support from the trio at the table, with Jada saying her statement was ‘beautiful’, Willow asked why Janelle felt ready to come out publicly.‘You know, somebody said, “If you don’t work out the things that you need to work out first, before you share it with the world, then you’ll be working it out with the world.” That’s what I didn’t want to do,’ she responded.‘So I thought I needed to have all my answers correct, and I don’t want to say the wrong thing and also I hadn’t had the necessary conversations with my family.
I wasn’t ready to have my family question my personal life or get calls from people that still look at me as Little Pumpkin.
