Janelle Monáe’s fluid identity is its own kind of queer liberation
A post shared by Janelle “Jane” Monáe (@janellemonae)This profile is part of Queerty’s 2022 Out For Good series, recognizing public figures who’ve had the courage to come out and make a difference in the past year, in celebration of National Coming Out Day on October 11.Name: Janelle Monáe RobinsonBio: Pop/R&B singer Janelle Monáe has been building her Afro-futurist musical mythos for over a decade, starting with her early Metropolis: Suite I (The Chase) EP in 2007.
The universe they’ve built over the course of projects like The Electric Lady and Dirty Computer is full of androids and bounty hunters, standing as an allegory for anyone forced to live as the “other” (especially Black and queer folks like herself).
She established herself as a considerable triple-threat in 2016 with back-to-back acting performances in Moonlight and Hidden Figures, a title they’ve kept going in films like Antebellum and the upcoming murder mystery Glass Onion.
A post shared by Janelle “Jane” Monáe (@janellemonae)Coming Out: Monáe’s coming out has been a gradual and evolving process (as it is for many of us).Since bursting into the mainstream on fun.’s 2011 hit “We Are Young”, the singer’s sexuality has been a point of conversation.
