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The singer and actor Janelle Monáe came out as non binary in a tweet on Friday. The gender binary is a colonial construct that was forced onto indigenous and African people. It is a system that creates social hierarchy between the genders that normalizes hierarchy in society. This normalization of hierarchy helps justify colonialism by making social hierarchies the status quo. We congratulate Janelle Monáe for having the courage to live their truth. #gender #colonialism #Hollywood #news #janellemonae

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