Jinkx Monsoon, the winner of the fifth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race, has come out as non-binary.

“Because this apparently needs to be repeated… I am male bodied, I prefer to identify as non-gendered/non-binary. I prefer They/Them,” Jinkx wrote on Twitter.

Because this apparently needs to be repeated… I am male bodied, I prefer to identify as non-gendered/non-binary. I prefer They/Them.

— Jinkx Monsoon (@JinkxMonsoon) July 24, 2017

Jinkx went on to explain how long they have identified as non-binary:

I came out as NB/non-gendered almost 4 years ago. I have privately identified under the Trans umbrella since my teens.

— Jinkx Monsoon (@JinkxMonsoon) July 24, 2017

In drag, I prefer She/Her. 🙂 and frankly, she/her always works for me. My future is female.

— Jinkx Monsoon (@JinkxMonsoon) July 24, 2017

For a long time I didn't think I needed to make my gender identity public info until I saw that I could be an advocate for our community.

— Jinkx Monsoon (@JinkxMonsoon) July 24, 2017

I spoke out on a trans matter 4 years back, and someone encouraged me to come out, in an effort to enlighten. I did and I'm glad I did.

— Jinkx Monsoon (@JinkxMonsoon) July 24, 2017

To be a drag queen does not automatically mean that one is a cis-male out of drag. PLENTY of queens live under the Trans umbrella. 🎤⬇️

— Jinkx Monsoon (@JinkxMonsoon) July 24, 2017

I enjoy being called She/Her while in Drag. Frankly, amongst queens, we kinda always call each other She/Her- so I'm always down with that.

— Jinkx Monsoon (@JinkxMonsoon) July 24, 2017

Sorry for the rant. I've seen a lot of arguments over this topic and I thought I'd throw my two cents in.

— Jinkx Monsoon (@JinkxMonsoon) July 24, 2017

I've seen some discussions online about my being NB, and inevitably someone will respond with "no, he's a drag queen."

— Jinkx Monsoon (@JinkxMonsoon) July 24, 2017

The two are NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE.

— Jinkx Monsoon (@JinkxMonsoon) July 24, 2017

“I’ve never identified as fully male,” Jinkx told Queerty earlier this year. “I’ve always identified as more gender fluid or gender ambiguous, but I never knew the vocabulary to explain it for myself.”

“Embracing that in myself meant that I started to embrace the fact that there are a lot of people out there that really like gender fluid people. So now I’m meeting all these hot guys who would have been into me this whole time if I just knew how to find them!”