Janelle Monáe comes out as non-binary: “I feel all of my energy”
Janelle Monáe came out as non-binary during the latest episode of Red Table Talk with Jaida Pinkett Smith, Willow Smith and Adrienne Banfield Norris.
The 36-year-old tweeted the hashtag “#IAmNonBinary” on 10 January 2020, though later clarified that this was “in support of Non-Binary Day and to bring more awareness to the community.” “It resonated with me, especially as someone who has pushed boundaries of gender since the beginning of my career,” Monáe told The Cut at the time. “I feel my feminine energy, my masculine energy, and energy I can’t even explain.” Now, during the season five premiere of Red Table Talk, the musician has further clarified how they identify. “I’m non-binary, so I just don’t see myself as a woman, solely.
I feel all of my energy. I feel like God is so much bigger than the ‘he’ or the ‘she,’” they said. “And 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 that I am.
