While he’s not trying to make a big deal about this, Jeff Rosenstock — the people’s punk — has shared that he identifies as non-binary.
The musician made his gender identity public today on Bluesky, probably the foremost alternative social media platform to Twitter (right, X) since it was overrun by Elon Musk and his similar-minded cronies. (Apparently, you can now join it without an invitation!)
“Hey so this is a weird first thing to post but just letting you know if it isn’t obvious I am a non-binary person,” Rosenstock wrote in his debut Bluesky dispatch. “I don’t like being a public person and I’m so familiar/comfortable with he/him at [sic] my pronouns, both things have made me hesitant to make a grand announcement about this and sometimes reluctant to say it because I didn’t want to be wrong about understanding this about myself.
“But it’s been like eight years since having my eureka moment of hearing the term ‘non-binary’ explained and feeling so much of how I’ve felt all my life (especially while young) make sense,” he continued, admitting, “I’ve taken a lot of internet ‘are you non-binary’ quizzes. It’s weird to find things out about yourself when you’re old but whatever.”
The singer-songwriter added, “Treat me no different, pronouns the same as they’ve been. I’ve always been non-binary just didn’t know it was a thing until about eight years ago and again this might be the most obvious thing in the world to everyone reading this. And honestly it feels nice to say it in a public way finally. Love ya. Here I am on the new thing.”
In other recent Rosenstock news, he joined forces with America’s local band Cheekface for “Flies” last month, and took the Exclaim! Questionnaire earlier this year. His latest album, last year’s HELLMODE, made our Best Albums of 2023 list.
