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Frasqueri identifies as bisexual and has spoken about growing up near New York City's queer community, which was an important part of her life. She started performing at gay clubs, gaining popularity in the gay nightlife scene. She also identifies as gender non-conforming and uses they/them and she/her pronouns. She is a supporter of intersectional feminism and co-founded the Smart Girl Club with Milah Libin, a podcast about healthy living and urban feminism. She practices Santería and has shared her experiences with clairvoyance and spirituality, which she infuses into her music.

In 2017, she punched a male concertgoer at Cambridge University who she said had been mouthing dirty obscenities at her, later telling the crowd that is what you do when a white boy disrespects you. That same year, a video surfaced of a woman throwing hot soup in a man's face on a subway to Brooklyn after he used a racial slur toward a group of teenage boys. She took responsibility for the incident, saying everybody on the train backed her up.