I'm open to learning more about who I am,' she explained. 'Later I read about pansexuality and was like, 'Oh, these are things that I identify with too. Janelle initially described herself as bisexual, the magazine reported, but later decided she preferred the term pansexual, which connotes an attraction to someone regardless of their gender identity.
(Her rep confirmed the artist still uses she/her pronouns.) 'Being a Black queer woman in America, someone who has been in relationships with both men and women, I consider myself to be a free-a** motherf*****,' she told Rolling Stone. And on an April 2022 episode of 'Red Table Talk,' the singer-actor shared that she's also nonbinary.
Janelle Monae came out as pansexual in a May 2018 Rolling Stone cover story.
