Kehlani is now identifying as a lesbian, she revealed during a friend’s Instagram Live on Tuesday (April 7).
The 25-year-old singer, who has previously identified as pansexual and uses she/they pronouns, opened up about her sexuality on social media. “You wanna know what’s new about me?
I finally know I’m a lesbian,” she said during photographer Jamie-Lee B‘s Easter live stream. In her recent cover story with The Advocate, Kehlani said that her “straight passing” persona has given her “a lot of privilege.” “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,” she adds, while emphasizing that other Black musicians, who are gay or trans, have a much tougher time