Kat Blaque
Kat Blaque is an American YouTuber, visual artist and LGBT rights activist known for her content discussing feminism, LGBTQ identity, American politics, dating, pop culture and art.
Kat Blaque
- Name
- Kat Blaque
- Birthplace
- Lynwood, California, U.S.
- Occupation
- * Illustrator
- Education
- California Institute of the Arts (BFA)
- Born
- 1990 · Lynwood.
- Nationality
- United States
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Kat Blaque is an American YouTuber, visual artist and LGBT rights activist known for her content discussing feminism, LGBTQ identity, American politics, dating, pop culture and art.
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Kat Blaque (born 1990) is an American animator, blogger and illustrator, among other activities. The animator was born in Lynwood.
Kat Blaque studied at California Institute of the Arts. The animator lived in Orange County.
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• Name — Kat Blaque • Birthplace — Lynwood, California, U.S. • Occupation — * Illustrator • writer • YouTube personality • vlogger • Education — California Institute of the Arts (BFA) • Youtube Handle — KatBlaque • Youtube Display Name — Kat Blaque • Youtube Years Active — 2005–present • Youtube Genre — * Commentary • lifestyle • vlogging • Youtube Subscribers — 637 thousand • Youtube Views — 66.5 million • Stats Update — June 19, 2026
Early life
Early life
Blaque was born in Lynwood, California and raised in Walnut, California. She is adopted. In middle school, Blaque began to question her gender identity and started to identify as genderqueer. She began identifying as a trans woman in college. Blaque graduated from the California Institute of the Arts in 2012 with a BFA in character animation.
YouTube
YouTube
Blaque started video blogging in December 2010. Her YouTube channel Kat Blaque is focused on discussing race, gender, and other social justice issues. Blaque has described herself by saying, "I'm a woman, I'm black, I'm curvy and I'm trans. There are a lot of things that I deal with. When I talk about those things, I am literally talking about my embodiment of these intersections." In 2017, Blaque started a weekly YouTube series called True Tea where she answers questions that viewers send her about racism, transphobia, black culture and several other topics. Blaque has made guest appearances on several other YouTuber's videos such as the BuzzFeed video about gender pronouns. She has also collaborated with YouTubers such as Franchesca "Chescaleigh" Ramsey and Ari Fitz. The Advocate reports that "Her YouTube videos are shown as educational tools in classrooms".
Other ventures
Other ventures
Blaque has contributed to websites such as Everyday Feminism and the Huffington Post's Black Voices section. Blaque participated in a panel on writing transgender characters at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con and was the keynote speaker at the University of Toledo's LGBTQA History month celebration.
Identity
Identity
Kat Blaque is recorded with the occupation LGBTQ rights activist. Recorded with the occupation television producer. Recorded with the occupation illustrator. Recorded with the occupation animator. Recorded with the occupation YouTuber. Recorded with the occupation blogger. Recorded as blogger, illustrator, youtuber, animator and lgbtq rights activist.
Life and career
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Life and career
Explore 1990–2022
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1990
Kat Blaque was born on 14 September 1990.
2019
Kat Blaque suicide accusation (2019) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
2020
Tati Westbrook's Indifference To Racism Kat Blaque (2020) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
2022
Kat Blaque-Vaush penis tweets (2022) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
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Lynwood.
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Illustration
In 2015, Blaque also teamed up with fellow artist and YouTuber Franchesca Ramsey to animate Ramsey's story "Sometimes You're A Caterpillar". This short film addresses privilege and has since been shared on several sites, including Everyday Feminism, Upworthy, Mic, and MTV.
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- 1."At What Point Is 3 Million Gonna Be Success?": The Ever-Evolving, Often Perilous Business of Being a YouTube Star. Vanity Fair. October 7, 2019.
- 2.Kat Blaque. I was not expecting to have one of these. I was born in Lnywood [sic], but was raised in Walnut, California. I'm adopted https://t.co/nyPwzltfdy. 840041837431783425. March 9, 2017.
- 3.About Me. katblaque.com.
- 4.Reese, Ashley. Everything You Wanted To Know About Transgender Girls, Answered By Kat Blaque. Gurl.com. February 12, 2015.
- 5.Meet the Team. Everyday Feminism. May 27, 2012.
- 6.Chase, Sidney. Back to Blaque: Meet the Trans YouTube Queen of the Underground. The Huffington Post. August 6, 2015.
- 7.Idika, Nicky. YouTubers of Colour: Kat Blaque Is Your Weekly Dose Of Awesome. Pop Buzz. January 19, 2016.
- 8.SoundCloud. Ep 40: Spiderman That Pussy ft. Ari Fitz & Kat Blaque. Okay, But What If?. August 9, 2016.
- 9.Guerrero, Desiree. After Being Outed, Kat Blaque Became a Role Model for Trans Youth. The Advocate. 1 May 2017.
- 10.Animation. katblaque.com.
- 11.Everyday Feminism. This Advice on Dealing with Your Struggles and Privilege is Pretty Much Perfect – And Super Adorable. April 20, 2015.
- 12.Shoaff, Morgan. This adorable cartoon explains privilege in the most nonconfrontational way possible. Upworthy. November 30, 2015.
- 13.Clifton, Derrick. A Snail and a Caterpillar Perfectly Explain How To Deal With Our Own Privileges. Mic. March 26, 2015.
- 14.Speller, Katherine. What Can Two Twerking Bugs Teach Us About Privilege?. MTV. March 25, 2015.
- 15.Kat Blaque, Author at Everyday Feminism. Everyday Feminism.
- 16.Entries by Kat Blaque. The Huffington Post.
- 17.Anderson-Minshall, Jacob. Queer Con: The Gayest Things to Do at San Diego's 2015 Comic-Con. The Advocate. July 9, 2015.
- 18.Mahaney, Lindsay. Youtube Star to Visit UT Campus for LGBTQA History Month. UT News. The University of Toledo. October 27, 2015.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 1
- Rudnicka-Lavoie, Dani. (2023). Trans vlogs beyond the transition process: transnormativity, visibility and controversy in Kat Blaque's True Tea Videos. Fronteiras ? Estudos Midiáticos. 24. 114-126. .
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