Kat Blaque facts for kids

Kat Blaque is an American YouTuber and activist who works for LGBT rights. She creates videos and art to share her ideas.

Early Life and Education

Kat Blaque was born in Lynwood, California. She grew up in Walnut, California. She was adopted into her family.

When she was in middle school, Kat started thinking about her gender identity. This is how someone feels about their own gender. She first identified as genderqueer, meaning her gender identity was not only male or female. Later, in college, she began to identify as a trans woman. This means she identifies as a woman, though she was assigned male at birth.

Kat studied at the California Institute of the Arts. She graduated in 2012 with a special degree in character animation. This is where you learn to create animated characters for movies or shows.

Career Highlights

YouTube Channel

Kat Blaque started making videos online in December 2010. Her YouTube channel, named Kat Blaque, focuses on important topics. She talks about race, gender, and other social justice issues. Social justice means fairness and equality for everyone in society.

Kat has explained her work 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." She adds that when she talks about these things, she is sharing her own experiences. She discusses how different parts of her identity connect.

In 2017, Kat started a weekly YouTube series called True Tea. In this show, she answers questions from her viewers. These questions are about topics like racism, transphobia (prejudice against transgender people), and black culture.

Kat has also appeared in videos by other YouTubers. For example, she was in a BuzzFeed video about gender pronouns. She has also worked with other YouTubers like Franchesca "Chescaleigh" Ramsey and Ari Fitz. Her YouTube videos are even used in classrooms to help students learn.

Art and Animation

In 2015, Kat Blaque worked with another artist and YouTuber, Franchesca Ramsey. They created an animated short film called "Sometimes You're A Caterpillar." This film helps explain the idea of privilege. Privilege means having advantages because of who you are or where you come from. The film has been shared on many websites, including Everyday Feminism and Upworthy.

Other Projects

Kat Blaque has also written for websites like Everyday Feminism. She has also contributed to the Huffington Post's Black Voices section.

In 2015, Kat was part of a discussion panel at San Diego Comic-Con. This panel talked about how to write transgender characters in stories. She was also the main speaker at the University of Toledo's celebration for LGBT History Month.