And while Monáe wasn’t wearing THE pussy pants from her “Pynk” music video that broke the internet, her skirt did have Twitter going crazy as Monáe identifies as queer (and is rumoured to be dating actress Tessa Thompson ). As she told Refinery29 in May , “The truth is that this was a time for me to discuss my sexual identity. I said it before and I'll say it again: I'm proud to be a young, Black, queer, American woman.”