Kat Blaque

Kat Blaque is an American political YouTuber whose videos often focus on social issues, namely racism, the LGBT+ community, and feminism. Her views are pro-LGBT.
==Biography==
Kat Blaque was born and raised in California, United States, where she was adopted and raised by Christian parents. Her birthname has a biblical significance. Kat always had an affinity for visual art growing up and had a desire to attend the California Institute of the Arts from a young age, which she ended up graduating from in 2012 with a BFA in character animation.
Kat began to question her gender identity in middle school and started identifying as genderqueer. She began transitioning to womanhood in college.
Kat identifies as heterosexual and polyamorous.
==Other careers==
Blaque has contributed to websites, such as Everyday Feminism and the Huffington Post's Black Voices section; participated in a panel on writing transgender characters at San Diego's 2015 Comic-Con; and was the keynote speaker at the University of Toledo's LGBTQA History month celebration. In the same year, 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.
==Controversy==
===Tweet===
In October 2019, Kat Blaque was dismissive of a suicidal 14 year old. After an argument between Kat and the 14 year old, Kat found a tweet where the 14 year old expressed a desire to kill themselves due to being transhttps://preview.redd.it/kliqeir9ptt31.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=a4e0f94f068bd690cbd63067dd801d48b76733c9. She then sarcastically told them to "put [her] in the will". She has since deleted that tweet. Years later she would address it and admit she felt terrible for her actionshttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/FN8M6I0WUAAy_oC?format=png&name=small.
=== Relationship with Vaush ===
In March 2022, Vaush and Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling got into a Twitter argument. Vaush tweeted "All JK Rowling had to do was shut the fuck up and she could have been almost uncritically beloved for a century. Women be quieter and start apologizing challenge". Rowling would respond with "What you and your ilk fail to appreciate is how tediously familiar I find your tactics. I had a violent ex-husband who used to tell me life would be great if only I’d comply, but you’re making the same mistake he did. Women like me can’t be bullied out of resistance."https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1501685453799534600
Vaush was condemned for his statement by many people because the joke was misogynistic. When Vaush claimed he was doing it for the sake of transwomen, ContraPoints criticised him. Due to him speaking over a transwoman, he was then accused of transphobia and condemned by other members of the BreadTube communityhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOsqGwDHHnw. 
Following these accusations, Kat would reveal she used to be in a relationship with Vaush and sexted himhttps://twitter.com/kat_blaque/status/1503932149690351619. Kat was criticized because she posted DMs of her and Vaush despite claiming to care about safe consensual sex. Many pointed out that leaking the information of past sexual relations constituted sexual harassmenthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aQ34tXN-WY.
==Quotes==
*“I don’t know about you but I don’t really think about the genitals of a person who’s peeing next to me. That’s kind of weird and private.”
*"Lena Dunham doesn't believe her white male friend raped her black female co-star? Color me shocked. Almost like white feminism is really only about uplifting and supporting white women as they pursue their ultimate capitalistic goals of sharing the role with men as oppressors.”
*"I think what frustrated me about a lot of people reading me in that way is that my mind doesn't really work that way. I was raised very socially conservative and my impulse in most situations is to delicately consider more than one perspective."
==Gallery==
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==References==
Category:Commentary YouTubers
Category:Vlogging YouTubers
Category:American YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2010
Category:LGBT YouTubers