Janelle Monáe Comes Out As ‘A Queer Black Woman

Janelle Monáe revealed that she identifies as pansexual and talks about life as a black queer woman in a new interview with Rolling Stone. “Being a queer black woman in America—someone who has been in relationships with both men and women—I consider myself to be a free-ass motherfucker,” she told Brittany Spanos in the cover story. She adds that, having originally identified as bisexual, she later “read about pansexuality and was like, ‘Oh, these are things that I identify with too.’ I’m open to learning more about who I am.” Her latest album Dirty Computer,  will be released on Friday, April 27