“It’s about Honoring Your Truth”
Janelle Monáe she is revealing the importance of speaking out publicly about her nonbinary identity.
A new interview with SiriusXM’s The Jess Cagle Show, The musician Glass Onion The actress shared her thoughts on how she discusses her identity and how it can affect others.
“I think it’s all about just honoring your truth and your authenticity, and whatever that may look like,” Monáe told host and former PEOPLE editor-in-chief Jess Cagle. “I don’t think I am an arrogant person who believes I know all the answers. I think it’s more about telling people to ‘Further examine who you’re,’ I believe.”
She encouraged anyone pondering their gender identity, to do so: “Allow yourself the freedom to discover something new and amazing about yourself. You can open your mind to new possibilities and listen to others who affirm that this is who they are. This is how it feels inside and out.
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“All of this to me is important as we develop as humans, as well as understanding more about gender and sexuality,” stated the “Make You Feel” singer. “So, I’m just keeping my mind open about it all.”
Last year, Monáe opened up about her non-binary identity during an appearance on Red Table Talk. “I don’t think I see myself solely as a woman. To the hosts of the show, she stated that she feels all of her energy. Jada Pinkett Smith, Willow Smith?, and Adrienne Banfield-Norris. “I feel that God is bigger than either the ‘he/she’ or the ‘he/she.
“And if God is me, everything is possible.” “But I will always, always stand beside women,” continued The Memory Librarian Author who revealed that she was a pansexual in 2018. “I will always stand by Black women. But I see myself as everything I am, and not just the binary.
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The Grammy-nominated singer spoke earlier this month. The New Yorker She prefers to refer “coming in” to the process.
“You are bringing people to who you are.” You’re allowing them a unique opportunity to further understand how you see yourself,” Monáe told the outlet. “It wasn’t a huge declarative statement. It was simply, “This is who I’m.” It was just, ‘This is who I am.’
She continued, “For myself, after having the necessary conversation with my loved one, and also feeling secure enough to let it seep in my writing, I knew it was time.”