Lily Alexandre

Lily Alexandre is a Canadian YouTuber who makes video essays about gender, cultural, and art criticism.
==Personal life==
Lily lives in Montreal, Canada. She is genderqueer, transgender, and a lesbian.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAXFn22q8Ac&t=507shttps://twitter.com/lily_lxndr/status/1421919579010437126 The first time Lily met a trans person, she was eight years old.https://twitter.com/lily_lxndr/status/1410045394965471233 Lily has suffered with disordered eating.https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq86n5ZBO4f/ She has a cat.https://twitter.com/lily_lxndr/status/1422177185125830662 Lily attended film school for a short time.https://twitter.com/lily_lxndr/status/1400063096358572033 YouTube became her full-time job in May 2021.https://twitter.com/lily_lxndr/status/1398677841647124483
==YouTube==
=== First video===
Lily uploaded her first video Is this really just a room tour? on August 3, 2016. This is also a coming out video. The video appears to be a typical room tour, until the end, when she opens a closet to reveal a paper sign that reads “I’m a trans girl.” Lily stated that she “wanted to make it honest while keeping [her] usual Piece of Shit sense of humor.”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAQCQTBLWJc&lc=UghXUnW9dzVX7ngCoAEC.8IB4b1LPIS78IB75Aj1iT7
=== Music ===
On January 14, 2017, Lily uploaded her first music video, Reduction. On May 26, 2017, she uploaded another song, Switched Back On. She wrote it after realising that her last relationship was abusive. Lily also announced that she started a band called Swords with her friend Miles.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NGpG6jaS6s&t=180s On June 12, 2018, she uploaded her third song, Sharp Enough.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WReLayUt1n8
===Essays ===
On January 11, 2021, Lily uploaded her first video essay, Millions of Dead Genders: A MOGAI Retrospective, which is a deep dive into the MOGIA community on Tumblr, which sought to define a wide variety of new genders and orientations.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoZFZto6Wqg Philosophy Tube commented on the video, describing it as “very interesting and well-made.”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoZFZto6Wqg&lc=Ugyzx0waBYhPu5o4_-l4AaABAg At 370,000 views as of August 8, 2021, this is Lily’s most viewed video.https://www.youtube.com/c/LilyAlexandre1/videos?view=0&sort=p&flow=grid On August 7, 2021, Lily uploaded her first video game essay, Finding Hope in Kentucky Route Zero's Late-Capitalist Decay.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dPrf1y2CAo
==References==
Category:LGBT YouTubers
Category:Music YouTubers
Category:Commentary YouTubers
Category:Canadian YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2015