Kehlani is opening up about her identity after confirming her sexuality over the Easter weekend. In the April/May issue of , the singer got real about her sexuality, gender and the privilege she says she has as a «straight-presenting» person.«I have a lot of privilege,» Kehlani says of the advantages she feels she has as a “cisgender-presenting, straight-presenting” person in a world and industry this is still very heteronormative.The mom and musician adds, «I think a lot of artists who we talk about and say, ‘Oh, they had to come out or they had to do this,’ a lot of them can’t hide it.
A lot of it is very [much] in how they present. It’s tougher for them. It’s tougher for trans artists. It’s tougher for Black gay men.