This Is How Janelle Monáe Really Feels After Coming Out As Non-Binary

Janelle Monáe is raving about the newfound freedom she is currently enjoying after coming out as non-binary.

Since making an announcement about her sexuality in April, Monáe is able to "feel all of me" as she educates her family and friends on what it means to identify as non-binary.

"I'm patient and as long as I know who I am and how I identify and I honor that, I just feel more light," the 36-year-old singer and rapper told E! News. "I feel freer and I feel like there's a lot more work to do when we're talking about nonbinary storytellers and communities. If we can get more visibility, then I think a lot of people will be more educated."

"I don't necessarily look at myself as a trailblazer or someone who's blazed trails. I've just tried to live authentically and honestly to who I am at that time, and honor that through my art, through the storytelling that I do and as a free-ass motherf---er," she added.

In April, the "Make Me Feel" singer revealed she does not see herself "as a woman solely."

"I feel all of my energy. I feel like God is so much bigger than the 'he' or the 'she.' I am everything, but I will always, always stand with women. I will always stand with Black women. But I just see everything beyond the binary," she said on "Red Table Talk."

The singer received the Trailblazer Award for empowering the LGBTQ community at the 2022 Outfest Legacy Awards over the weekend.

"I feel like I'm at my church tonight. I feel like I am in church and I am with people that feel me and see me and understand me... I'm just deeply humbled and just so thankful and at a loss for real words to match my feelings. So just accept my thank you. Thank you so much," she said.

In 2018, Monáe came out as pansexual in a Rolling Stone cover story. She also revealed that she originally identified herself as bisexual but later realized she was pansexual after reading an article about it.