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32-year-old singer Janelle Monae is making headlines yet again, only this time, the singer is in the spotlight not for her music but for her personal life. For years Monae has chosen to keep intimate details about her sexuality and personal life somewhat private, especially when questioned about it during interviews and while doing press. However, the singer and songwriter recently opened up to Rolling Stone magazine, clearing up any rumors or speculation about her sexuality and addressing it for the first time candidly.
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In Monae’s cover story, she told the mag, “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-a– motherf***er,” she said. According to her interview, she first identified as bisexuality, but after doing some research, she “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.”
Monae’s declaration of being pan-sexual may be the singer’s first public declaration but as it turns out Monae has been dropping hints about her sexuality for years-through her music.
“If you listen to my albums, it’s there,” she said. Songs like “Mushroom and Roses” from The ArchAndroid, where she spoke about a love interest named Mary and the song “Q.U.E.E.N.” from Electric Lady, (which was originally titled “Q.U.E.E.R.”) feature her actually saying “queer” in the song a few times.
Also Monae’s most recent visuals for her singles “Make Me Feel,” and “PYNK,” both featuring rumored love Tessa Thompson.
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Shannon Purser
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The Stranger Things and Riverdale actress came out as bisexual in May of last year in a tweet and admitted that while she is officially Out to the world, it’s not something she comfortable with candidly talking about.
“I’ve only recently come out as bisexual to my family and friends,” Purser, 20, wrote. “It’s something I am still processing and trying to understand, and I don’t like talking about it too much. I’m very very new to the LGBT community.”
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The 30-year-old pop singer said he felt like “a weight and a burden” had been lifted when he opened up about his sexuality publicly in August of 2017.
Carter also took to social media to share his story in an emotional post on Twitter. Carter revealed he “started to find boys and girls attractive” as a teen, and had “an experience with a male” who he “worked with and grew up with.”
Carter elaborated even more in a December interview with the LGBTQ&A podcast, saying, “I definitely embrace my bisexuality and, you know, it’s still new to me because I just started talking about it, really.”
Gia Gunn
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The RuPaul’s Drag Race star marked Trans Day of Visibility on March 31 by coming out as transgender.
“I thought I would dedicate today in the spirit of being visible to share my transition with all of you,” the 27-year-old revealed. “I have been on hormone replacement therapy now for about a year, and I identify as female.”
Gunn joined Drag Race veterans Carmen Carrera and Monica Beverly Hillz in going public about her gender identity after appearing on the show.
Alia Shawkat
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The Arrested Development and Search Party star told Out magazine in May that she identifies as bisexual.
“I think balancing my male and female energies has been a big part of me growing as an actor,” the 28-year-old actress said. “As a woman, an Arab-American, and a member of the LGBTQ community, I have to use whatever voice I have.”
Keiynan Lonsdale
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The 25-year-old who plays Wally West (a.k.a. Kid Flash) on the hit CW show The Flash, came out as bisexual in a moving Instagram post in May.
“I like to take risks with how I dress, I like girls, & I like guys (yes), I like growing, I like learning, I like who I am, and I really like who I’m becoming,” he wrote in the post.
Lonsdale, who grew up in Australia and also starred in the ABC series Dance Academy and the blockbuster Divergent: Allegiant was showered with words of support and encouragement on his social media.
