Queer icon Janelle Monáe talks ‘too on the nose’ pandemic, LGBTQ representation and Pride plans I really hadn’t planned on telling queer powerhouse singer-actress-activist Janelle Monáe that I made food for my boyfriend the night before we got together on Zoom.
That afternoon, Monáe was feeling it all. This global pandemic, the quarantining. She said she can’t create right now because she doesn’t have the mental bandwidth.