Christine and the Queens' Attitude LGBTQ Slang Challenge | S1 E1 

Christine and the Queens' Attitude LGBTQ Slang Challenge | S1 E1
Christine and the Queens is part of a new generation of pop stars revolutionising the narrative around sex and gender; bringing long-overdue conversations about humanity's vast spectrum of identities into the mainstream through both her music and no-holds-barred public persona.
The 'Girlfriend' singer identifies as genderqueer, and in the first-ever episode of Attitude's LGBTQ Slang Challenge, a new digital series which puts stars' knowledge of queer phrases to the test, 31-year-old Christine - real name Héloïse Letissier - reveals what the term means to her.
Asked the meaning of 'genderqueer', the 31 year-old explains: "Someone who subverts gender norms and doesn't identify as either [gender]."
Pointing to herself, she adds: "Someone who escapes binarism [sic] and works on something more fluid."
Attitude's LGBTQ Slang Challenge - which will see new episodes released each Wednesday on RU-vid - also sees Christine attempt to guess the meaning behind other queer phrases that aren't so close to home - including 'Spaghetti Girl' and 'Size Queen'.
"Fat and fabulous?" No?!" Christine replies when tasked with explaining the latter, before being told it refers to the size to a certain part of human anatomy.
"Oh ok, I didn't know that one", she laughs.
Attitude Artist Award winner Christine also appears on the cover of this month's Attitude Awards issue - available to download and to order globally now - where she opens up further about the struggles she's faced in coming to terms with her genderqueer identity.
"When I was young, I used to feel monstrous," she tells us in an exclusive interview.
"I had lots of questions because I couldn’t define myself properly.
"Was I a young man trapped in a woman’s body? I don’t feel I have body dysmorphia. So, I’m a woman, but then I don’t relate to women as they are. I had skin rashes out of stress.
She goes on: "Identity itself, for me, is a shattered mirror. So being consistent and coherent never appealed to me, even when I was younger.
"I remember high school as a nightmare for me because everyone defined identity so strictly. Fluidity brings more possibilities and I like that.
"Nuances. You explore, and thank God you can let go of the idea of ticking a box, which never appealed to me.
"So, yes, more names, more pronouns, and sub-categories, or whatever. There is poetry also in the multiplications of the names."
Executive Production on the 'LGBTQ Slang' series by Jamie Wareham. Editing by Markus Bidaux.
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